Tabare Vazquez has been confirmed as Uruguay's first left-wing leader after winning more than 50% of the vote in the presidential election. ...According to a November 1 mailing from Global Exchange, voters in Uruguay also approved a Constitutional amendment maintaining public ownership and management of water. The drive for the amendment was spurred by a 2002 agreement between the Uruguayan government and the IMF to privatize water supplies, which lead to worsened service, environmental damage from drained lagoons, and declining water quality to the point where people were being advised to avoid drinking it.
Election officials confirmed on Monday that 64-year-old Mr Vazquez had won 50.69% of the votes cast and so will avoid a run-off. ...
It was also the first victory for his Frente Amplio (Broad Front) coalition party, bringing 170 years of two-party rule in Uruguay to an end. ...
Mr Vazquez joins Nestor Kirchner of Argentina, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, Ricardo Lagos of Chile and [Hugo] Chavez [of Venezuela] on the list of left-wing and centre-left South American leaders.
Meanwhile, pro-Chavez forces appear to have nearly swept elections for governors of Venezuela's 22 states, winning at least 18 of them.
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