Uruguay presidential inauguration sees Latin 'pink tide' recede further


  • World
  • Sunday, 01 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: Uruguay's President-elect Luis Lacalle Pou speaks during the announcement of his incoming cabinet in Montevideo, Uruguay December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mariana Greif

MONTEVIDEO(Reuters) - Uruguay will shift to the right on Sunday with the inauguration of conservative Luis Lacalle Pou as president after 15 years of left-wing rule.

Lacalle Pou has vowed to tame the small South American nation's high fiscal deficit and sign fresh trade deals to dig the beef and soy exporter out of an economic rut.

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