Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguay’s First Socialist President, Passes On At 80
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tabaré Vázquez, an Uruguayan oncologist who rose from poverty to win two terms as the country’s first socialist president, died Dec. 6 at home in Montevideo, the capital. He was 80. Dr. Vázquez announced last year that he had lung cancer, a disease he had dedicated much of his life to fighting. His…