Buenos Aires Times
Lacalle Pou officially declared Uruguay's next president Conservative presidential candidate for the Partido Nacional Luis Lacalle Pou will be Uruguay's next president, the Electoral Court has confirmed. The conservative Partido Nacional leader won the presidential run-off on November 24, his victory marking the first shift to the right in Argentina's neighbour in 15 years. The race was tight. Only 28,666 votes separated Lacalle Pou from leftist candidate Daniel Martínez, running for the ruling Frente Amplio ("Broad Front") coalition. Such a close margin required the Electoral Court to undertake another official count. According to the court’s president José Arocena, there had "never been such a tight vote." |
1 December 2019
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Atlantic Council
Bolivia reflects the deep polarization crisis in Latin America The departure of former Bolivian President Evo Morales amid allegations of electoral fraud, coupled with political instability in several Latin American countries and the long-standing crisis in Venezuela, means that “the one constant in the region is uncertainty,” according to Jason Marczak, director of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center. Morales resigned his post as president on November 10 following weeks of demonstrations over vote-counting irregularities during the presidential election on October 20 which saw Morales receive just enough votes to avoid a run-off election with former president Carlos Mesa. Following his resignation, Morales fled the country on a Mexican government plane to Mexico City, where he was granted asylum by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO)...... |
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Earlier this year New Zealand—a Forbes top-ranked country for doing business—tightened the rules about who can purchase property in the country, limiting ownership rights to only those that were citizens, tax residents, spouses of the aforementioned or citizens of Australia and Singapore (due to existing free trade agreements). However before the legislation was approved lawmakers had to appease the opposition by allowing for some overseas buyers, particularly those that would bring investment money into the country’s economy. As a result, developers of newly-built large condo buildings were allowed to apply for exemptions to sell to foreigners without requiring them to apply individually for residency statues. Sales have been strong ever since..... |
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