Leftist Opposition Candidate Wins Uruguay Presidential Runoff.

Montevideo: Center-left opposition candidate, Yamandu Orsi, has secured victory in a tight presidential runoff in Uruguay, official results showed. Even as the vote count continued, Alvaro Delgado, the presidential candidate of the center-right ruling coalition, conceded defeat to his challenger. According to Qatar News Agency, with nearly all the votes counted, electoral officials reported that Orsi secured a small but comfortable margin of 49.81% of the vote to conservative Alvaro Delgado's 45.90%, according to official results. Turnout reached almost 90%.