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Tabaré Vázquez, until nine months ago President of Uruguay, died at dawn this Saturday at age 80 in Montevideo after a long fight against cancer.

Vázquez, an oncologist, was twice Uruguayan head of state, and the

first from the left

in a country whose politics had until then been dominated by two formations: the National Party, or Blanco, and the Colorado Party.

Vázquez, with the Frente Amplio, changed that logic in the 2004 elections.

President between 2005 and 2010 and again between 2015 and 2020, Vázquez handed over the presidential sash ten years ago to his party partner José Mujica and, on March 1 of this year, to the current president, Luis Lacalle Pou, leader of the National Party.

Recognized across the political spectrum for his

moderate and affable style

, Vázquez became an unexpected winner of the Montevideo mayoral election in 1990.

That propelled his political career, in which soccer (he was president of a small club, Progreso) and medicine had a profound influence.

"Exercising politics responsibly is also doing medicine in society," he said days ago in a television appearance on the program "El Legado" on Uruguayan television.

Due to the covid-19 pandemic, the Vázquez family decided not to hold a wake.

"His children and grandchildren will see him off in a reserved and intimate ceremony," he said in a statement.

"We urge the population to accompany these acts from their homes through journalistic coverage," added the family, asking that those who want to greet the funeral procession

do so "from the sidewalks, avoiding crowds, maintaining physical distance

, wearing face masks. and by taking all the sanitary measures ordered by the competent authorities ".

At night, the farewell to Vázquez includes the call to which the song

"Defend joy"

by the Uruguayan poet Mario Benedetti, performed by Joan Manuel Serrat (Joan Manuel Serrat - Defensa de la alegria - Chile 1990 - reissued and equalized), and five minutes of applause.

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