Voting is compulsory in Uruguay, one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, with comparatively high per-capita income and low poverty levels.
During the heyday of leftist rule, Uruguay legalized abortion and same-sex marriage, became the first Latin American country to ban smoking in public places and the world’s first nation, in 2013, to allow recreational cannabis use.
Former President Mujica, who is battling cancer and had to use a cane to walk into his polling station to vote, said Sunday: “Personally, I have nothing more to look forward to. My closest future is the cemetery, for reasons of age.
“But I am interested in the fate of you, the young people who, when they are my age, will live in a very different world.”
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