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Uruguay's 1st socialist president, Tabaré Vázquez, dies

by Guillermo Garat
| December 6, 2020 9:15 AM

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Uruguay's first socialist president,Tabaré Vásquez, who rose from poverty to win two terms as leader, died Sunday of cancer, a disease the physician dedicated much of his life to fighting.

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