Will Uruguays New Socialist Government Continue to Back Pérez del Castillo?
Last October, the Uruguayan left won national elections – Socialist Tabaré Vázquez was sworn in as President today. This story from the New York Times places the left’s victory in Uruguay in the context of a continental move to the left: “With New Chief, Uruguay Veers Left, in a Latin Pattern” . Here’s the Time’s story on the inaugural ceremonies: “Leftist Chief Is Installed in Uruguay and Gets Busy on Agenda”. The second Times’ story reports on the new administration’s first actions. The Times’ doesn’t report on the administration’s attitude towards Uruguay’s candidate for Director General of the WTO. The Uruguayan candidate, Carlos Pérez del Castillo, was nominated by the preceding centrist government. As Michael C. Boyer, James G. Forsyth, and Jai Singh reported for Foreign Policy (“Who Gets to Run the WTO?”): “Uruguay’s new leftist government, led by President-elect Tabare Vazquez, will assume power on March 1, and it is rumored that it may decide to back the Brazilian candidate, L
