(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Uruguay expect the country’s new president to lead a sound administration, according to a poll by Equipos MORI. 61 per cent of respondents expect José Mujica’s government to be good or very good.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Uruguay expect the country’s new president to lead a sound administration, according to a poll by Equipos MORI. 61 per cent of respondents expect José Mujica’s government to be good or very good.
Tabaré Vázquez—nominee for the left-wing Progressive Encounter – Broad Front (EP-FA)—won the October 2004 election with 50.45 per cent of the vote, becoming the first Uruguayan president to represent a political organization other than the National Party-Whites (PN-B) and the Red Party (PC). Vázquez officially took over in March 2005, and began his government with majorities in the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Senators.
In November 2009, Mujica—the EP-FA nominee—won the presidential run-off with 52.39 per cent of the vote, defeating former president Luis Lacalle of the PN-B. On Mar. 1, Mujica was sworn in as president, replacing Vázquez. The EP-FA retained its majorities in both the upper and lower house.
On Apr. 1, Mujica rejected a proposal by Costa Rican president Óscar Arias to disband the Uruguayan army, saying that he wants to keep it "to fight poverty and drug trafficking." Costa Rica has no national army.
Polling Data
How do you expect José Mujica’s government to be?
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Very Good / Good
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61%
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Average
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20%
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Bad / Very Bad
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10%
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Not sure
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9%
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Source: Equipos MORI
Methodology: Interviews with 700 Uruguayan adults, conducted from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28, 2010. Margin of error is 3.7 per cent.
