Scandal in Uruguay: A presidential candidate separated because his wife internally supported his rival

Uruguay is currently going through a phase of novel that crosses politics, candidacies and loves. Seven months before the general elections, a presidential candidate separated from his wife, who had supported his rival in the Frente Amplio. “It was the straw that broke the camel’s back” said Andrés Lima, mayor of Salto, confirming the breakup.

Lima is 50 years old. He is married to Analía Fernández Santana. They have two children: Santino and Isabella. They also have a cat, Minie. But they are mentioned in two different groups within the Frente Amplio, which has José “Pepe” Mujica as a recognized figure. She has the space of him, the 949. Refers to Federal Artistic Meeting (ENFA). The political drift marked the fate of their personal relationship.

Last November he confirmed that he will run for the presidency of Uruguay. In principle, in the June 30 elections you will have three rivals: the mayor of Montevideo, Carolina Gosse; the former Minister of Economy and Finance Mario Bergara; and the mayor of Canelones, Yamandu Bears.

It was Orsi who pushed him to confirm the separation from his wife.

It happens that on Friday the head of government Canelones took a decisive step to strengthen his internal possibilities: he resigned from the position of mayor to concentrate on the campaign, whose gunshot will sound on Sunday in Montevideo.

The member of the Popular Participation Movement (MPP), the most voted sector within the left-wing coalition, is sponsored by former president Pepe Mujica. According to a survey published on February 20 by the consultancy firm Cifra, he leads the voting intentions for the presidency among those who would choose the Frente Amplio in the national elections.

In the run up to June, before the general elections in October, Analía Fernández gave her support to Orsi and thus broke the tacit pact with her husband.

“It was the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Lima explained to the newspaper Villageof Montevideo, confirming the separation from his now ex-wife, with whom he has two children.

Lima and Fernández lived together in a house in the Cerro neighborhood, north of the city of Salto, the Uruguayan football homeland from which goal scorers Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani came. In the last hours the pre-candidate (a Cerro and Messi fan) would have already left that house, according to reports Underlined.

The 949 group’s support also hastened the departure of a local government official, Elbio Machadowho occupied the direction of Works and wants to compete for his political space – and with the support of the other presidential candidate – for the position of mayor.

One of the spaces that support Lima, the Agrupación Nacional Seregnistas de a Pie, lent him a shoulder for the political tears.

“We believe that the total support received by Machado, during more than 8 years of management, both in his successes and in his mistakes, from Mayor Andrés Lima and therefore from all the people of Salta, deserved a more respectful and orderly exit ,” they said. he took a stand on the country’s internal politics.

They accuse him of “exchanging the trust received and his manifest and reiterated support for Andrés Lima’s pre-candidacy with the ambition of deviating towards the side of the coin which according to him will fall and will mark the fate of the FA’s internal elections”. “, according to statements collected by Montevideo portal.

Of the tears of their hearts, they said nothing.

For now, Lima was seen this Saturday flipping houses to move to the Termas del Daymán area, a charming neighborhood south of Salto.

From there, about ten kilometers from the past, he will try to reverse the internal trend, which sees him last among the favourites, with 2%, against 47% for the dominant Orsi. And he forgets the lovesickness.