2024-11-25
33 分钟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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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?