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Broad Front (Uruguay)
The Broad Front (, FA) is a political coalition in Uruguay. Since 2025, it has been the ruling party of Uruguay, having previously ruled from 2005 to 2020 and has produced three presidents: Tabaré Vázquez (2005–2010; 2015–2020), José Mujica (2010–2015) and Yamandú Orsi (2025–present). Since 1999, it has been the largest party in Uruguay's General Assembly. History The Frente Amplio was founded in 1971 as a coalition of over a dozen fractured leftist parties and movements. The first president of the front and its first candidate for the presidency of the country was General Líber Seregni. The front was declared illegal during the 1973 military ''coup d'état'' and emerged again in 1984 when democracy was restored in Uruguay. Progressive Encounter () was formed in 1994 by several minor independent factions and the Frente Amplio. EP and FA started contesting elections jointly under . Later, another force, Nuevo Espacio, became linked to the front. Thus, it began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yamandú Orsi
Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez (born 13 June 1967) is a Uruguayan politician and history teacher who has been the 43rd president of Uruguay since March 2025. A member of the left-wing Movement of Popular Participation, the main faction of the Broad Front (Uruguay), Broad Front party, he served as intendant of the Canelones Department from 2015 to February 2020, and a second term from November 2020 to 2024. A graduate from the :es:Instituto de Profesores Artigas, Artigas Teachers Institute in 1991 as a history teacher, he worked in different secondary schools in the Canelones, Florida Department, Florida, and Maldonado Department, Maldonado departments. He became politically active during his adolescence, being part of the Vertiente Artiguista until 1990, when he joined the Movement of Popular Participation (MPP) that had been founded the previous year. Early life and education Yamandú Ramón Antonio Orsi Martínez was born in the rural area of the Canelones Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Uruguay
The Departments of Uruguay, Uruguayan departments are subdivided into Municipality, municipalities and, as of 2025, there are 136 municipalities. This second level administrative division system was created by Law No. 18567 of 13 September 2009 and the first municipalities were created (or converted from Local Boards in the previous system) in March 2010. In the 2010 Uruguayan municipal elections, municipal elections of 2010 municipal authorities were elected for the first time and they assumed office months later. Each municipality is governed by a local council, made up of 5 members. The chairperson of the local council is known as ''alcalde'' (mayor) and the remaining members are the ''councilors''. The Montevideo, Canelones and Maldonado departments are completely covered by municipalities, while the other departments have areas not included in any municipality. Description Establishment of the system and creation of municipalities The municipalities' system was crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Party Of Uruguay
The Socialist Party of Uruguay () is a centre-left political party in Uruguay. Founded in 1910, it is part of the Broad Front political coalition and the Progressive Alliance. History The party was founded in 1910. Its main leader and spokesman was Dr Emilio Frugoni, a prominent advocate of socialist ideas in Uruguay. Its central organ was the newspaper '' Germinal'', later superseded by ''El Sol''. The party was a member of the Labour and Socialist International between 1932 and 1940. In 1951 it joined the Socialist International, which it later left in 1960, and rejoined it in 1999. In 2017 the party once again withdrew from the Socialist International and joined the Progressive Alliance. In 1971, the party was one of the founding members of the Broad Front, a left-wing coalition than won the 2004 election, 2009 election and 2014 election, also electing one of its affiliates, Tabaré Vázquez, as president. It is currently led by Gonzalo Civila. The Broad Front ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danilo Astori
Danilo Ángel Astori Saragosa (23 April 1940 – 10 November 2023) was a Uruguayan social democratic politician and economist who served as the 15th vice president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under President José Mujica. A member of Uruguay Assembly– Broad Front, he also served as Minister of Economy and Finance from 2005 to 2008 and from 2015 to 2020, and as Senator of the Republic from 1990 to 2005. Early life Danilo Astori was born on 23 April 1940, and was raised in the capital city of Montevideo. Astori was of Italian (Lombardy-Piedmont) descent; both grandparents of his paternal and maternal side were from the towns of Como and Novi Ligure. Astori completed his primary and secondary studies at the Liceo y Colegio Maturana in Bella Vista. In 1958, he enrolled in the Faculty of Economics of the University of the Republic, and in 1963 he graduated as a public accountant and economist. After graduating, he began working with the then deputy minister of livestock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay Assembly
The Uruguay Assembly (''Asamblea Uruguay'') is a social-democratic political party in Uruguay, and a member organisation of the Broad Front. It was founded in 1994 by former Vice President of Uruguay, Danilo Astori, who led the party from its foundation up to his death in 2023. Nowadays it forms part of the Liber Seregni Front. History Uruguay Assembly was founded in 1994 by Danilo Astori. It is part of the left-leaning Broad Front coalition but is considered more of a moderate party. Members *Danilo Astori Danilo Ángel Astori Saragosa (23 April 1940 – 10 November 2023) was a Uruguayan social democratic politician and economist who served as the 15th vice president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 under President José Mujica. A member of Urugua ... * Alberto Cid * Enrique Pintado * Carlos Baraibar * Jorge Orrico Jota21 Jota21: ''Jóvenes Organizados Trabajando en Asamblea'' (Organised Youth Working in Assembly) is the youth sector of Asamblea Uruguay. Electio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Space (Uruguay)
New Space () is a social democratic party in Uruguay. History The party was founded in 1994 by Senator Rafael Michelini. It was born as a split of the centrist Party for the Government of the People (''Partido por el Gobierno del Pueblo'', PGB), whose leader was the former Vice-President Hugo Batalla, when the party decided to join the traditional liberal Colorado Party for the 1994 Uruguayan general election. "New Space" had originally been the name of an electoral alliance formed after the more centrist elements of the Broad Front had left the centre-left alliance, which they deemed too strongly dominated by the Marxist elements, in 1989 and included notably the PGB and the Christian Democratic Party (PDCU). While the PDCU returned to the Broad Front in 1994, the New Space party ran separately, as the fourth force behind the two traditional ruling parties and the Broad Front. It obtained five seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one Senator. In 1999, the party was return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Uruguayan Coup D'état
The 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état took place in Uruguay on 27 June 1973 and marked the beginning of the Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay, civic-military dictatorship which lasted until 1985. President of Uruguay, President Juan María Bordaberry closed parliament and ruled with the assistance of a military junta, junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the Tupamaros, a Marxist Urban guerrilla warfare, urban guerrilla movement. The communist trade union federations called a general strike and occupation of factories. 1973 Uruguayan general strike, The strike lasted just over two weeks. It ended with most of the trade union leaders in jail, dead, or exiled to Argentina. As part of the coup all associations including trade unions were declared illegal and banned; the Constitution of Uruguay of 1967 was practically voided. Antecedents On September 9, 1971, President Jorge Pacheco Areco instructed the armed forces to conduct anti-guerrilla operations agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Officer
A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air force, air and space forces, marines or naval infantry. In some usages, the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/77489?rskey=dCKrg4&result=1 (accessed May 11, 2021) The adjective ''general'' had been affixed to officer designations since the late medieval period to indicate relative superiority or an extended jurisdiction. French Revolutionary system Arab system Other variations Other nomenclatures for general officers include the titles and ranks: * Adjutant general * Commandant-General, Commandant-general * Inspector general * General-in-chief * General of the Air Force (USAF only) * General of the Armies, General of the Armies of the United States (of America), a title created for General John J. Pershing, and subsequently grante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Assembly Of Uruguay
The General Assembly of Uruguay () is the bicameral legislature of the government of Uruguay, and consists of two chambers: the Chamber of Senators and the Chamber of Representatives. General Assembly has 130 voting members: 99 representatives and 30 senators, the Vice President of the Republic, who serves as President of the General Assembly, and the Senate has the right to vote. The legislature meets in the Legislative Palace in Montevideo. Both senators and representatives are chosen through proportional representation for five-year terms. The General Assembly holds its sessions in the Chamber of Representatives of the Legislative Palace. During the 19th century, the legislature met in the Montevideo Cabildo. History In 1828, on the initiative of Juan Antonio Lavalleja, delegates were elected to what was to be the Parliament of the Eastern Province of Río de la Plata. As a consequence of the Treaty of Montevideo, such institution became the General Constituent and L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Mujica
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (20May 193513May 2025) was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was the minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010. Mujica's administration implemented a range of progressive policies, including the decriminalization of abortion, the legalization of marijuana consumption and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Additional measures strengthened the country's trade unions and significantly bolstered minimum wages. While in office, Mujica was described as being "the world's poorest president" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabaré Vázquez
Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (; 17 January 19406 December 2020) was a Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39th and 41st President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. During his political career, Vázquez was a member of the Broad Front coalition. Before his first presidential term, Vázquez was president of the Club Progreso team and made two unsuccessful presidential bids in 1994 and 1999. He served as Intendant of Montevideo between 1990 and 1994 shortly before his first presidential campaign. Vázquez was first elected president on 31 October 2004 and took office on 1 March 2005. He was the first socialist president of the country. His first presidency was remembered for his diplomatic relationships with Brazil and Argentina while being criticized by his party over his anti-abortion views. After leaving the presidency in 2010, Vázquez successfully ran for a second term in 2014. After leaving office for a second time in March 2020, he lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
