Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke the incumbent party in a year of landmark elections.

The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat after a tight runoff election, as the South American nation joined others aro

Uruguayans will be choosing between two centrist candidates for their next president on Sunday, but the closely fought run-off could be decided by voters who went for an anti-vax radical and other fringe candidates in the first round.

Uruguayans on Sunday voted in the second round of the country's presidential election, with the conservative governing party and a left-leaning coalition locked in a close runoff following level-headed campaigns widely seen as emblematic of the country's strong democracy.

Uruguay's presidential hopefuls voted on Sunday in the second round of the nation's presidential election, with the conservative governing party and the left-leaning coalition locked in a close runoff following level-headed campaigns widely seen as emblematic of the country’s strong democracy.

Voting stations in Uruguay closed on Sunday in a second-round presidential election race between moderates, that pollsters predict will be closely fought when final results are tallied. The runoff election in South America's laid-back Uruguay,