LATIN AMERICA Uruguay Elects Louis Lacalle Pou OE Watch Commentary: Uruguayans peacefully went to the polls on 27 October. For president, they elected Luis Alberto Alejandro Aparicio Lacalle Pou and as Vice-President Beatriz Argimón, whose term will be begin on 1 March. President-elect Lacalle Pou is of the National Party, one of the traditional parties of Uruguay. He is the son of former president Luis Alberto Lacalle de Herrera and former Senator and First Lady, María Julia Pou Brito del Pino. The President-elect and his party are by appearances modestly less leftist than the outgoing Tabaré Vásquez. The transition is expected to go smoothly, and we can expect Uruguay to continue to nestle somewhere between Brazil and Argentina. End OE Watch Commentary (Demarest) “…‘We are quite pleased’, said Argimón…” Source: Staff, “Hoy Se Festeja y el Lunes Comienza la Transición (Today the Celebrating and Monday the Transition Begins),” Partido Nacional, 29 November 2019. https://www.partidonacional.org.uy/ portal/index.php/9-noticias/6652-hoy-se-festeja-y-el-lunes-comienza- la-transicion “‘We are quite pleased’, said Argimón…Danile Martínez recognized Luis’ victory yesterday and wished him well by way of the social media… Also the president of the Broad Front (Marxist-oriented party coalition) congratulated the President-elect…‘We will assume the role of opposition on 1 March and from there we will be ready to Lacalle Pou, 2019. contribute to the construction of the best Uruguay possible.’” Source: NaBUru38 via Wikimedia, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lacalle_Pou_2019.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0 1986 2020 FOREIGN MILITARY STUDIES OFFICE: OVER 30 YEARS OF FOREIGN PERSPECTIVES OF THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OE Watch | January 2020 77.