Is Uruguay too stable for its own good?
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/11/25/is-uruguay-too-stable-for-its-own-good
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/11/25/is-uruguay-too-stable-for-its-own-good
No One Was Worried About My Country’s Elections This Year. They Should Be.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/opinion/uruguay-elections-president.html
But underneath our staid election lies an urgent problem: Young people here feel increasingly left behind, despite Uruguay’s reputation as a beacon of economic and social success. That’s potentially bad news for one of the strongest democracies in Latin America: In a 2023 Latinobarómetro poll, 38 percent of the young people surveyed said they’d be fine giving up democracy for a government that could solve their problems.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/opinion/uruguay-elections-president.html
But underneath our staid election lies an urgent problem: Young people here feel increasingly left behind, despite Uruguay’s reputation as a beacon of economic and social success. That’s potentially bad news for one of the strongest democracies in Latin America: In a 2023 Latinobarómetro poll, 38 percent of the young people surveyed said they’d be fine giving up democracy for a government that could solve their problems.