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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Alina DIESTE

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Uruguayans head to polls with left hoping for comeback - The Untold Story

Frente Amplio candidate Yamandu Orsi (L) and rival Alvaro Delgado (Credit: AFP)

Uruguayans go to the polls Sunday, with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose "Pepe" Mujica hoping to reclaim the country's top job five years after a right-wing victory driven by concerns over crime and taxes.

Former history teacher Yamandu Orsi of the leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) will go head-to-head with ex-veterinarian Alvaro Delgado of the National Party, a member of outgoing President Luis Lacalle Pou's center-right Republican Coalition.

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