After 15 years of left-wing leadership under the Broad Front coalition, Uruguay has ushered in a conservative government.
The centre-right National Party's Luis Lacalle Pou was inaugurated on Sunday March 08,2020 after winning by a runoff election in November 2019 against the Broad Front's Daniel Martinez by about 37,000 votes
Nestled between Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay is known as the "Switzerland of South America" - partly because of its banking secrecy rules, which were recently scrapped by Congress, but mostly because of its stability.
Uruguay has free healthcare and education, and is known for its progressive laws on abortion and same-sex marriage.
In 2013, it was the first in the world to legalise the production and distribution of cannabis.
Uruguay was one of the only South American countries that did not experience social unrest last year.
The centre-right National Party's Luis Lacalle Pou was inaugurated on Sunday March 08,2020 after winning by a runoff election in November 2019 against the Broad Front's Daniel Martinez by about 37,000 votes
Nestled between Argentina and Brazil, Uruguay is known as the "Switzerland of South America" - partly because of its banking secrecy rules, which were recently scrapped by Congress, but mostly because of its stability.
Uruguay has free healthcare and education, and is known for its progressive laws on abortion and same-sex marriage.
In 2013, it was the first in the world to legalise the production and distribution of cannabis.
Uruguay was one of the only South American countries that did not experience social unrest last year.
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