Yamandú Orsi takes office as Uruguay’s new President

Xi's special envoy attends inauguration of Uruguay's new president

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Jun on Saturday attended the inauguration ceremony of Uruguay's new President Yamandu Orsi.

With the new President Yamandú Orsi of Frente Amplio, Uruguay is moving away from the legal course of the previous Head of State Lacalle Pou.

The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, congratulated in X Yamandú Orsi and the people of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay after taking office, as it marks the beginning of “a progressive government,” and mentioned that Lázaro Cárdenas Batel, head of the Office of the President, represented Mexico during his inauguration.

Uruguay's new leftist president takes office

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY — Yamandu Orsi, a telegenic left-leaning former mayor and history teacher, took office as Uruguay's new president on Saturday, at the helm of a government that has pledged to strengthen the social safety net while reversing years of economic stagnation. The inauguration of Orsi, 57, marks the return of Uruguay’s Broad Front — a center-left mix of moderates, communists and hardline trade unionists — after a five-year interrupt…

In South America, Uruguay is regarded as a haven of stability. The new head of state Orsi wants to fight poverty during his five-year term of office. Federal President Steinmeier also joins in his swearing-in.

Yamandú Orsi took office this Saturday as President of Uruguay, collecting the torch of his mentor and political godfather, the popular ex-mandatario José “Pepe” Mujica, in the return of the left to power after five years of center-right government.