Grief for 19 Bonds Uruguay, Muting an Election's Clamor
Published: November 11, 1999 (Page 2 of 2)  Dr. Vazquez's
coalition includes Socialists, Communists, former Tupamaro
guerrillas and Trotskyists but he has kept his campaign oratory
relatively moderate and his promises vague. He won 39 percent of
the vote in the first round, easily beating Mr. Batlle, who had
31.7, but falling short of the necessary majority to win an
outright victory. His strong showing reflected a general
weariness with the two traditional centrist parties, which are
viewed as uncreative and unable to lift the country from a
recession that has left a tenth of the work force unemployed.
Two former Tupamaro guerrillas won Senate seats in the balloting
Oct. 31, and the Frente Amplio will now control the largest
blocs of representatives in the two houses of Congress for the
first time since the coalition was formed in the 1970's.  ''This
election has already determined that the Frente Amplio is the
No. 1 political force in the country,''