History of Uruguay: Difference between revisions

 

In 2004, Uruguayans elected Tabaré Vázquez as president, while giving the Broad Front coalition a majority in both houses of parliament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/01/world/americas/uruguays-left-makes-history-by-winning-presidential-vote.html|title=Uruguay's Left Makes History by Winning Presidential Vote|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 2004|last1=Rohter|first1=Larry}}</ref> The newly elected government, while pledging to continue payments on Uruguay's external debt, also promised to undertake a crash jobs programs to attack the widespread problems of poverty and unemployment.

 

In 2009, former Tupamaro and agriculture minister, [[José Mujica]], was [[2009 Uruguayan general election|elected]] president, subsequently succeeding Vázquez on 1 March 2010.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Moffett|first=Matt|date=2009-11-30|title=In Uruguay, Ex-Militant Mujica Is Elected|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB125947900254668229|access-date=2021-04-02|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> [[Abortion in Uruguay|Abortion]] was legalized in 2012,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-19986107|title = Uruguay legalises abortion|work = BBC News|date = 17 October 2012}}</ref> followed by [[Same-sex marriage in Uruguay|same-sex marriage]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-23571197|title = Same-sex marriage bill comes into force in Uruguay|work = BBC News|date = 5 August 2013}}</ref> and [[Legality of cannabis in Uruguay|cannabis]] in the following year.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47785648|title=Uruguay: The world's marijuana pioneer|work=BBC News|date=3 April 2019}}</ref> A number of other reforms were carried out during the Broad Front's time in office in areas like social security, <ref>[https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2018-2019/americas/uruguay.html Social Security Programs Throughout the World: The Americas, 2019, Uruguay]</ref> taxation,<ref>[https://bti-project.org/fileadmin/api/content/en/downloads/reports/country_report_2010_URY.pdf BTI 2010 | Uruguay Country Report, P.17]</ref> education,<ref>[https://www.frenteamplio.uy/logros-del-gobierno-del-fa/item/298-educacion Educación]</ref> housing,<ref>[https://mpp.org.uy/que-hizo-pepe-mujica-en-su-gobierno/ Qué hizo Pepe Mujica en su gobierno]</ref> tobacco control, <ref>[https://fctc.who.int/newsroom/news/item/23-12-2020-tribute-to-dr-tabar%C3%A9-v%C3%A1zquez-global-health-hero-for-a-tobacco-free-world Tribute to Dr Tabaré Vázquez: Global Health Hero for a tobacco-free world 23 December 2020]</ref> and worker's rights.<ref>[https://www.frenteamplio.uy/trabajo/item/498-conquista-derechos-laborales La conquista de derechos laborales]</ref>