Luis Lacalle Pou

Uruguayan politician

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Luis Lacalle Pou is the current President of Uruguay. He is a politician from the conservative National Party.12

Lacalle Pou ran for president in 2014 but was defeated by Tabaré Vázquez. He ran again in 2019, and this time he won the presidency, narrowly defeating Daniel Martínez of the Broad Front coalition. Upon taking office in March 2020, Lacalle Pou faced the global COVID-19 pandemic. He implemented measures such as closing public gatherings, schools, and businesses, and closing the border with Brazil to contain the virus.2

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…the new marijuana laws, and Luis Lacalle Pou of the conservative National Party (son of former president Luis Lacalle Herrera [1990–95]) made altering the legislation a cornerstone of his candidacy in the 2014 presidential election. However, seemingly content with the country’s ongoing economic progress under the Broad Front coalition led…
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…the new marijuana laws, and Luis Lacalle Pou of the conservative National Party (son of former president Luis Lacalle Herrera [1990–95]) made altering the legislation a cornerstone of his candidacy in the 2014 presidential election. However, seemingly content with the country’s ongoing economic progress under the Broad Front coalition led…
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