Orsi will happen to Luis Lacalle Pou to lead until 2030 A country of 3.4 million inhabitants, one of the most stable and prosperous in the regionwhich celebrates 40 years of uninterrupted democracy.
“I feel a lot of emotions together and a lot of gratitude”says the Mujica Dolphinin a dark suit and bluish tie, starting between cheers of their supporters of his house in Salinas, 40 kilometers from the capital.
Orsi, a 57 -year -old history professor who ruled Canelones, the most populous department of Uruguay After Montevideo, he will swear loyalty to the Constitution before Parliament.
Then he will move by vehicle to the central Independence Square, where Lacalle Pou will deliver the presidential band and will be officially invested in office.
“We are waiting for him for five years!”He told AFP Cecilia Riera, 42, near the stage and embanderada with the colors of the Frente Amplio (FA) of Orsi. “The social situation of this country came quite down and security too.”
He Third leftist in Uruguay After your mentor Mujica (2010-2015), and the late Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010 and 2015-2020) arrives at the Executive Tower with 44 % of favorable expectations about its management, according to a consulting option survey.
“Commitment to democracy”
“Today Uruguay renews its commitment to democracy ”he wrote in X the official presidency account, which invites you to follow the live transmission of the change of command on YouTube.
Uruguay prepares for the ceremony of #Cambiodemando. 🇺🇾
A day that celebrates democracy and civic culture of our country.
I followed the live broadcast in https://t.co/z8xjylkr2i#40anosdededeMocracy andlibertad pic.twitter.com/5OV3G0SHRB
– Uruguay Presidency (@compressidencia) March 1, 2025
Orsi will be the ninth president since 1985when a 13-year-old civic-military dictatorship ended that left about 200 detainees-disappeared, an open wound for many who cry for truth and justice.
Mujica, 89 and ill from irreversible cancer, will not miss the assumption of his disciple. In addition, pRevé meeting with his old friend, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from Brazila key ally for the bet of the new government for “the global south.”
In addition to Lula, delegates from more than 60 countries, including the King of Spain and the PResidents of Germany, Armenia, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic will witness the assumption. Only the president will miss the neighbors Javier Mileidue to the inauguration of the new legislature in Argentina.
Orsi already held several bilateral encounters Friday, when too He shared a roast with Lula, Gabriel Boric from Chile and Gustavo Petro in Colombia.
“Safe change”
Orsi, who promised benefit the most disadvantaged with “a safe change that will not be radical”will deal with a divided Parliament, in which the FA will only control the Senate and there will be anti -system voices in the lower house. But according to analysts, the internal of the ruling will generate even more problems.
“Will dedicate more time and energy to manage your most staunch supporters that to deal with his political opponents, ”wrote economist Arturo Porzecanski in America Quarterly, warning tensions with the powerful central union Pit-Cnt, related to FA.
Orsi, known for your Negotiating mood, It must meet the social demands without increasing the fiscal deficit, which reached 4.1 % of GDP in 2024, and at a time when the lack of rains threatens to affect growth, estimated at 3.0 % for 2025.
The new Uruguayan president You will have the challenge of releasing crime linked largely to drug trafficking, Something that despite trying it did not achieve Lacalle Pou. Uruguay has a homicide rate of 10.5 per 100 thousand inhabitants, and about 16,000 prisoners with a difficult social reintegration perspective.
On the other hand, the US President Protectionist Policies Donald Trump They will impact Uruguay “through the lower growth potential in China,” Nicolás Saldías told AFP, the EIU, The Economist’s analysis unit.
According to Porzecanski, “Orsi inherits an economy and a country whose foundations are very solid”.
When he said goodbye on February 28, Lacalle Pou, a 51 -year -old lawyer who leaves office with 54 % popularity, stressed that his government “took care of public resources,” he was a humanist and sought to go to every corner of the country.
Among the followers who acclaimed him, travel agent Cecilia Antía, 60, regretted that Lacalle Pou cannot appear to a second consecutive mandate. “It is better to apply in 2029 because we need it,” he exclaimed in a broken voice.