Lacalle Pou sworn in as new president of Uruguay

[Judi Lynn]

Xinhua, March 2, 2020

Luis Lacalle Pou of the National Party (PN) was sworn in on Sunday as the president of Uruguay for the period of 2020-2025.

Lacalle Pou took his oath of office at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo at 14:06 local time (1706 GMT) to head an administration that puts an end to 15 years of the leftist Broad Front (FA).

"I, Luis Lacalle Pou, swear on my honor to faithfully execute the office that has been entrusted to me, and to guard and defend the Constitution of the Republic," the new president stated in his oath.

The oath of office was administered by senator and former president Jose Mujica (2010-2015).

http://www.china.org.cn/world/2020-03/02/content_75763488.htm

Pou's Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Alberto_Lacalle_Pou

Pou's Center Right Party's Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Party_(Uruguay)

[sandensea]

1. It's a shame to see 15 years of successful Broad Front governance end

But All the Best to him.

He had better not adopt Macri's economic policies though, or Uruguayans will start referring to him as "Lacalle Poubreza" ('pouverty').

In neighboring Argentina, there are already early signs of recovery in some sectors.

Argentine industrial production, a right-leaning think tank estimated, rose by 4.8% in January - the best performance since 2013.

That should help Uruguay as well, given their own (mild) recession at the moment.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Uruguay had been looking as if the country was becoming more evolved for a while.

It seems the hard-core right has been organizing and scheming ever since the fascist element nearly had the continent completely under its thumb then lost its grip as the people went through a quiet slow struggle toward freedom.

Here's hoping as the public starts gaining in experience and memory, the intervals of exploitative and oppressive kidnappings by the right will become weaker, shorter, and more easily overcome...

It should become clear early on where Presidente Pou is trying to take Uruguay. Hope the people who elected the former progressive Presidents won't hesitate to let him hear from them.

I enjoy this photo, as it looked at first as if Pou and his "better half" are sitting in the jump seat of the car until you see the tiny feet underneath the contraption. What's that all about? Are they actually walking behind the car? Is there a hole in the car floor and they are walking the car while pretending to ride?

I have to say, they should humble themselves and get their own car, like Mujica and stop pretending!





Hooray for President Mujica.



https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/mar/02/new-uruguayan-president-sworn/

Appreciated pondering the term "Lacalle Poubreza." Good one.

His family is surely accustomed to being prominent in the ruling class there. Don't know if that impresses the masses or not.

Lacalle Pou, who spent many years in Uruguay’s congress, grew up in an intensely political family. His father, Luis Lacalle Herrera,was president from 1990 to 1995, and his mother, Julia Pou, was a senator.

His great-grandfather Luis Alberto de Herrera was a major figure in the National Party.

https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2020/mar/02/new-uruguayan-president-sworn/