Yamandú Orsi wins Uruguay’s presidential run-off election

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2024-11-25

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After Yamandú Orsi claims victory in a hard-fought presidential run-off election, Andrew Thompson joins Georgina Godwin to discuss what comes next for Uruguay. Plus: Nina Dos Santos on the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting and Melissa Chemam on the Prix Goncourt controversy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • You're listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on 25 November 2024 on Monocle Radio.

  • Hello and welcome to the Briefing, broadcasting to you live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.

  • I'm Georgina Godwin.

  • Coming up on today's program, jubilation in Uruguay as the centre left candidate wins the election.

  • We'll look at the agenda at the G7 foreign ministers meeting being held just outside Rome.

  • And then.

  • Hello, Georgina.

  • This is Chris Chermack.

  • I'll be joining you to talk about Germany, the upcoming election, and why the current chancellor, Olaf Scholz, will be running in that election despite historic levels of unpopularity.

  • Then we'll ask why Israel's oldest publication has been sanctioned by the state.

  • And we'll find out why the first Algerian winner of France's premier literary award may be stripped of the prize.

  • All that right here on the Briefing with me, Georgina Godwin.

  • As the biggest year in global elections comes to an end, Uruguay has continued the trend of the incumbent party losing to the opposition.

  • However, unlike other polls in the region, this vote has ended without rancor and sharp political divides between left and right.

  • Centre left opposition candidate Yamundu Aussi beat conservative Alvaro Delgado, and the two moderates have expressed goodwill and promised to work together.

  • Well, I'm joined now by Andrew Thompson, a journalist and political risk analyst specializing in Latin America.

  • Andrew, thanks for coming on the show.

  • What are the final figures for the results?

  • The final figures, or as close as I think it's 99.9% of the votes counted are 49.8% for Giamando Orsi, the winner, and 45.9% for his opponent on the centre right, Delgado.

  • And so how do these elections work?