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Uruguay's long-dominant leftist ruling party is facing defeat in a presidential election run-off on Sunday as the small South American country prepares to swing to the right. Images of polls opening in Canelones. Polls open in Canelones, Uruguay, for the presidential elections where leftist candidate Daniel Martinez and center-right Luis Lacalle Pou will dispute the vote. IMAGES
National Party candidate votes in the Uruguayan presidential elections in Canelones. IMAGES
Center-left candidate Efrain Alegre votes in Paraguay's presidential elections, a highly undecided vote that threatens seven decades of right-wing hegemony in Asuncion. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomes Uruguayan President Lacalle Pou to Downing Street. IMAGES
Luis Lacalle Pou becomes Uruguay's new president after receiving the presidential sash from former president Tabare Vazquez, ending 15 years of left-wing rule that brought important social reforms but left a stagnated economy and soaring crime. IMAGES
Luis Lacalle Pou is sworn in as Uruguay president to herald a new era in the South American country following 15 years of left-wing rule that brought important social reforms but left a stagnated economy and soaring crime. IMAGES