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Broad Front (Uruguay)
The Broad Front (Spanish: Frente Amplio, FA) is a political coalition in Uruguay. Since 2025, it has been the ruling party of Uruguay, having previously ruled from 2005 to 2020 and has produced three presidents: Tabaré Vázquez (2005–2010; 2015–2020), José Mujica (2010–2015) and Yamandú Orsi (2025–present). Since 1999, it has been the largest party in Uruguay's General Assembly.
The Frente Amplio was founded in 1971 as a coalition of over a dozen fractured leftist parties and movements. The first president of the front and its first candidate for the presidency of the country was General Líber Seregni. The front was declared illegal during the 1973 military coup d'état and emerged again in 1984 when democracy was restored in Uruguay.
Progressive Encounter (Encuentro Progresista) was formed in 1994 by several minor independent factions and the Frente Amplio. EP and FA started contesting elections jointly under Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio. Later, another force, Nuevo Espacio, became linked to the front. Thus, it began contesting elections as Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio - Nueva Mayoria.
In 2005, member organizations of Progressive Encounter and New Majority (essentially Nuevo Espacio) merged into the front, and the coalition took the name of the larger force, Frente Amplio. Previously, EP and later NM had been allied with FA but organizationally separate structures.
The alliance is formed by:
Starting with the election of Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party in 1989, economic reform designed to modernize the country quickly began, which led to a devaluing of the peso and laws protecting banking secrecy. This secrecy led to Uruguayan banks becoming a place to launder money from drugs and other illegal businesses. By the turn of the century, half the nation had to survive in the informal economy. In 2002, the economic crisis of Brazil and Argentina spread to Uruguay, which crashed due to lacking productive power. In August of that year, the nation received 1.5 billion US dollars from the IMF to try and help with the crisis. This was the state of the country when the Broad Front began campaigning for the 2004 election.
The Broad Front firmly established itself as the country's third major political force at the 1994 election. Its presidential candidate, Tabaré Vázquez, who replaced longtime leader Seregni as the party's standard-bearer, finished with the most votes of any individual candidate. However, under the Ley de lemas system, Vázquez was denied the presidency because the Broad Front finished with the third-most votes of any party, behind the Colorados and Blancos. At the time, the highest-finishing candidate of the party winning the most votes was elected president. At the same time, the Broad Front surged to 31 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and nine in the Senate.
The Ley de lemas was scrapped for presidential elections in favor of a two-round system for the 1999 election. Vázquez led the field in the first round but lost the runoff to the Colorados' Jorge Batlle after the two traditional parties set aside their long rivalry to defeat him. At the same time, the Broad Front became the largest party in the legislature.
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Broad Front (Uruguay)
The Broad Front (Spanish: Frente Amplio, FA) is a political coalition in Uruguay. Since 2025, it has been the ruling party of Uruguay, having previously ruled from 2005 to 2020 and has produced three presidents: Tabaré Vázquez (2005–2010; 2015–2020), José Mujica (2010–2015) and Yamandú Orsi (2025–present). Since 1999, it has been the largest party in Uruguay's General Assembly.
The Frente Amplio was founded in 1971 as a coalition of over a dozen fractured leftist parties and movements. The first president of the front and its first candidate for the presidency of the country was General Líber Seregni. The front was declared illegal during the 1973 military coup d'état and emerged again in 1984 when democracy was restored in Uruguay.
Progressive Encounter (Encuentro Progresista) was formed in 1994 by several minor independent factions and the Frente Amplio. EP and FA started contesting elections jointly under Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio. Later, another force, Nuevo Espacio, became linked to the front. Thus, it began contesting elections as Encuentro Progresista - Frente Amplio - Nueva Mayoria.
In 2005, member organizations of Progressive Encounter and New Majority (essentially Nuevo Espacio) merged into the front, and the coalition took the name of the larger force, Frente Amplio. Previously, EP and later NM had been allied with FA but organizationally separate structures.
The alliance is formed by:
Starting with the election of Luis Alberto Lacalle of the National Party in 1989, economic reform designed to modernize the country quickly began, which led to a devaluing of the peso and laws protecting banking secrecy. This secrecy led to Uruguayan banks becoming a place to launder money from drugs and other illegal businesses. By the turn of the century, half the nation had to survive in the informal economy. In 2002, the economic crisis of Brazil and Argentina spread to Uruguay, which crashed due to lacking productive power. In August of that year, the nation received 1.5 billion US dollars from the IMF to try and help with the crisis. This was the state of the country when the Broad Front began campaigning for the 2004 election.
The Broad Front firmly established itself as the country's third major political force at the 1994 election. Its presidential candidate, Tabaré Vázquez, who replaced longtime leader Seregni as the party's standard-bearer, finished with the most votes of any individual candidate. However, under the Ley de lemas system, Vázquez was denied the presidency because the Broad Front finished with the third-most votes of any party, behind the Colorados and Blancos. At the time, the highest-finishing candidate of the party winning the most votes was elected president. At the same time, the Broad Front surged to 31 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and nine in the Senate.
The Ley de lemas was scrapped for presidential elections in favor of a two-round system for the 1999 election. Vázquez led the field in the first round but lost the runoff to the Colorados' Jorge Batlle after the two traditional parties set aside their long rivalry to defeat him. At the same time, the Broad Front became the largest party in the legislature.