Who are the three centrist candidates who want to redefine the presidency?

2.7 million people are eligible to vote this Sunday President of Uruguay Who will take office in March and will rule for the next five years. Eleven presidential formulas have been presented but according to the latest polls none will win in the first round, which requires more than 50% of the vote. In the same election, three candidates are likely to contest the November 24 election.

there are three competitors Yamandu Orsi Martínez, For Frente Amplio, it is ahead in the polls with big gains and a place in the runoff is assured. Back Alvaro Delgado Serratafrom the ruling national party and appointed by the President louis lacalle pau -Who cannot contest elections again-; And andres ojedaA media criminal lawyer who wants to renew the Colorado Party, which is part of the Lacalle Poe government coalition.

Son of a seamstress and a rural worker, Yamandu OrsiThe 57-year-old is a history professor and presidential candidate for Frente Amplio, a centre-left leaning centrist force that leads the polls with about 45% of the vote.

His parents opened a warehouse in Canelones, the capital of the department of the same name, where Yamandu worked for several years while studying to become a history teacher. He was an altar boy, but as a history teacher there are two stories that link him to Argentina.

He was selected by his students as teacher, accompanying students in the famous Feliz Domingo program led by Silvio Soldán on a graduation trip. Also in the 90s, the Canelones school where Orsi had classes was the school that collected the most Pepsi badges and won one as a prize for seeing Michael Jackson in River Plate. In that case, the now presidential candidate was also chosen by the students to accompany them on the trip.

He entered politics in the Frente Amplio. In 2005 he became Secretary General of the Municipality of Canelones and in 2014 he was elected Mayor of the department, serving as Governor. He was re-elected in 2019 and in the middle of the year he asked for leave to compete for the presidency. He’s run in three elections over the course of a decade, never losing one of them, and he’s looking forward to victory Sunday and in the runoff.

Married, father of twins and fan of Peñarol, Orsi lives in a house on a dirt road in Salinas, two blocks from the Río de la Plata and an hour from Montevideo. If elected President, he does not rule out living in the same house. He defines himself as a “progressive pragmatist”.

He is a pro-market figure and one of his first statements was to announce that if he won, his economy minister would be Gabriel Odon, a respected Uruguayan economist. This was a signal to the markets.

After 20 years, Odone resigned from major consulting firm CPA Ferrere. “I was always a follower of Astori’s guidelines,” Odone commented, in reference to the former economy minister and former vice president. Danilo Astori (1940–2023), historical FA politician and economist who kept the party within market policies.

Alvaro Delgado, 55, presidential candidate of the ruling National Party. Its main challenge is to overcome the high popularity of President Louis Lacalle Poe, which is more than 50%, but in the polls right now he has only half of that.

He was born and raised in Montevideo, but his passion is the countryside. He studied veterinary medicine and, on the advice of his grandfather, began to invest in agriculture, especially in the fields of Paysandu, on the border with Colón, Entre Ríos (Argentina).

From the first day of Lacalle Pou’s government and the friendship established with the President in the Senate, Delgado was sworn in as Secretary of the Presidency. Despite being a national deputy and senator, his face became known as the face announcing the first deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic in Uruguay.

“We are moving on to the second floor of change. Because this government leaves us a very solid first floor to continue building the future,” was part of the candidate’s campaign closing speech which used a term similar to that for the campaign. Which is not in the Constitution: “Re-election”. “I re-elected a good government,” is the campaign slogan of

Also a fan of Peñarol, “El Gordo”, whom he calls the National Party candidate, is married and the father of three children. He identifies himself as a fan of Ricardo Arjona, he even quotes some phrases of the singer in his campaign, and hopes to fight the runoff against Frente Amplio and add the support of all the forces that vote for the FA. Don’t give.

Andrés Ojeda (40) entered politics with an unusual style for the calmness of electoral campaigns in Uruguay. As presidential candidate for the Colorado Party, he presents himself as a novelty. He admires President Lacalle Poe, since his party is part of the government coalition, but since electoral coalitions are not allowed. , so he goes out.

He therefore wants to distinguish himself from official candidate Delgado and emphasize that he is “new” to politics, although he has been in the Colorado Party for 20 years. His zodiac sign was a topic throughout Uruguay when he launched his campaign in September. “I’m a Capricorn, absolutely a Capricorn,” he said in the first spot in which he showed himself working out in the gym.

Mention xavier mileyEcuadorian consultant Jaime Duran is also rooting for Barba and is third in the polls, but is moving forward and looking to snatch second place from Delgado to enter the runoff.

At the age of 30 he began appearing in the media for his role as a defender of Amodio Pérez, a former Tupamaro guerrilla who had defected and was accused by the left of being an informant for the Uruguayan dictatorship. Was. Ojeda was in the news every day and since then he began being invited to television panels, his popularity increasing, he married actress and host Natalie Yoffe.

Their divorce which took place in May last year was also covered in the media. During the campaign, he condemned Frente Amplio for a “dirty campaign” on the network and he responded that he had created a network. fake news One’s own.

With his disruptive style, somewhat aggressive, he seeks status on social networks. He said, “People vote because they connect with a candidate and understand that they have to trust him. I want to be a candidate who excites, makes people fall in love and invites them to dream because “There is a component of hope in the depth of the vote.” Launched on local television.

“I believe this term is not to re-elect the government, it is to renew the government, to renew confidence in a path forward. And I believe that In this today Louis Lacalle Po represents the coalition government,” he remains in search of entry into the second round.