Never in Uruguay's 143-year history had an election been cast in such apocalyptic terms. As 1,700,000 Uruguayan votersan impressive 87% of the electoratetrooped to the polls last week, the full-page political advertisements in the country's hotly partisan newspapers fairly screamed. NOW YOU CAN CHOOSE
YOUR GOVERNMENT, YOUR WORK, YOUR EDUCATION, said one ad. WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DO IT TOMORROW? Attother put it more bluntly: VOTE DEMOCRACY, OR ELSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE ANY MORE.
The way to vote for democracy, it was made clear, was to vote against...
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