Another teetering domino.Uruguayan presidential hopeful Tabare Vazquez who leads in the public opinion polls met Monday morning in Buenos Aires with Argentine president Nestor Kirchner.
Uruguayan general elections are scheduled for Sunday October 31 and all main candidates have been campaigning in Buenos Aires where a large Uruguayan community resides.
Mr. Vazquez is an oncologist who is running for the third time and represents the Broad Front coalition of left wing parties that includes Socialist, Communists, former Tupamaro urban guerrillas and other radical groups. Opinion polls indicate he musters between 46 and 49% of vote intention, with 9% still undecided, but Mr. Vazquez needs 50% of all votes plus one to become president in the first round. Otherwise there will be a run off between the two most voted presidential candidates the last Sunday of November. Voting is compulsory in Uruguay.
Mr. Vazquez held a short interview in Casa Rosada with President Kirchner whose administration openly favors the left leaning Broad Front, and at midday participated in the Buenos Aires television lunch show with the highest audience rating at that time.
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