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Tabaré Vázquez
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Tabaré Vázquez's Biography

Tabaré Ramón Vázquez Rosas (Spanish pronunciation: [taβaˈɾe raˈmon ˈbaskes ˈrosas]) (born January 17, 1940) is the current President of Uruguay. A physician (oncologist) by training, he is a member of the centre-left Broad Front coalition (Frente Amplio in Spanish). Vázquez was elected president on October 31, 2004, and took office on March 1, 2005.

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  • News Source: Truthout | 28 days ago
    During Uruguay's last dictatorship, which ruled from 1973 to 1985, approximately 200 Uruguayans were forcibly disappeared. Thousands more were held as political prisoners and tortured. In this small country of 3.5 million people, hundreds of
  • News Source: Miami Herald | about 1 month ago
    A blunt-talking former guerrilla fell just short of a first-round victory in Uruguay's presidential election, according to results Monday, and his conservative opponents have united in hopes of leaping past him in a Nov. 29 runoff. Jose "Pepe" Mujica,
  • News Source: Daily News & Analysis | about 1 month ago
    Final results are expected to show that neither candidate captured more than half the vote, meaning they will go to a second round on November 29. One recent poll showed Mujica, from Uruguay's ruling socialist governing coalition, would defeat

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  • Blog Source: blog.taragana.com | 28 days ago
    A reparations bill passed the Senate on Wednesday and now goes to the lower house of the legislature, where the ruling party has a comfortable majority, and leftist President Tabare Vazquez is expected to sign it. ...
  • Blog Source: www.democraticunderground.com | about 1 month ago
    Montevideo - Former guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica won the first round of Uruguay's presidential election Sunday but missed the absolute majority that would have allowed him to avoid a runoff, several exit polls showed. ...
  • Blog Source: www.democraticunderground.com | about 1 month ago
    A charismatic former guerrilla with a knack for insulting the rest of South America is favourite to win most votes in Uruguay's presidential election today. José Mujica, 74, has caught the imagination of the young and the poor with a blunt, folksy

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