In Latin America, the executive’s positive approval tends to reasonably predict the continuity of the ruling party's power.

Looking ahead to the October election, the Frente Amplio has a voting intention of more than 40% in all opinion polls and, in most of them, it is above the sum of all parties comprising the government coalition.

Uruguay is experiencing the main political crisis since the restoration of democracy in 1985, and the trigger is so scandalous that for the serene and orderly country it sounds almost like fiction.

Coauthor Micaela Trimble Since the end of April, more than half of Uruguayans have faced water problems in quantity and quality.

Lula da Silva's inauguration was attended by heads of state and government from all over the world. Uruguay was represented by President Luis Lacalle Pou, who was accompanied by former presidents Julio María Sanguinetti and José "Pepe" Mujica.

The announcement by the Uruguayan president that a feasibility study would be initiated to sign an FTA with China has drawn national and regional political attention.