Uruguay Heads to the Polls; Tight Race Expected

Uruguay Heads to the Polls; Tight Race Expected
A man votes at a polling station in Montevideo during Uruguay's general election on Oct. 27, 2019. Pablo Porciuncula Brune/AFP via Getty Images
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MONTEVIDEO, UruguayUruguayans headed to vote on Oct. 27 in the South American country’s general election, with the liberal coalition that has ruled for more than 14 years facing its toughest challenge yet from a resurgent conservative right.

The nation, famed for its beef exports and legal cannabis industry, will elect the president and vice president as well as members of both the upper and lower congressional chambers.