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Uruguay will shift to the right on Sunday with the inauguration of conservative Luis Lacalle Pou as president after 15 years of left-wing rule.
Lacalle Pou has vowed to tame the small South American nation’s high fiscal deficit and sign fresh trade deals to dig the beef and soy exporter out of an economic rut.
He faces a delicate balancing act between his two powerful and ideologically-opposed neighbors, Brazil, run by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and Argentina, where left-leaning Peronist Alberto Fernandez recently took office.
Bolsonaro is due to attend the inauguration at Montevideo’s Legislative Palace, at 1300, along with fellow rightist presidents Sebastian Pinera of Chile and Ivan Duque of Colombia. Argentina’s Fernandez said he could not attend because of scheduling problems.
Lacalle Pou has already broken with Uruguay’s previous foreign policy norms, declaring the presidents of Venezuela and Cuba to be “dictators.”
Uruguay presidential inauguration sees Latin 'pink tide' recede further
Even so, it's still a legitimate form of government.
Lacalle Pou has vowed to tame the small South American nation’s high fiscal deficit and sign fresh trade deals to dig the beef and soy exporter out of an economic rut.
He faces a delicate balancing act between his two powerful and ideologically-opposed neighbors, Brazil, run by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, and Argentina, where left-leaning Peronist Alberto Fernandez recently took office.
Bolsonaro is due to attend the inauguration at Montevideo’s Legislative Palace, at 1300, along with fellow rightist presidents Sebastian Pinera of Chile and Ivan Duque of Colombia. Argentina’s Fernandez said he could not attend because of scheduling problems.
Lacalle Pou has already broken with Uruguay’s previous foreign policy norms, declaring the presidents of Venezuela and Cuba to be “dictators.”
Uruguay presidential inauguration sees Latin 'pink tide' recede further
Even so, it's still a legitimate form of government.
