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Orsi meets Ojeda at government headquarters as Colorado senator proposes funding to protect prosecutors

From El País · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Yamandú Orsi met Colorado Party senator Andrés Ojeda in Montevideo as part of consultations with political leaders before Orsi’s trip to New York.
  • Ojeda said he asked Orsi to consider dedicated funding for prosecutor security and submitted a written proposal for round-the-clock police patrols in three neighborhoods affected by drug trafficking.
  • He also outlined planned meetings involving investment, organized crime coordination with Chilean President José Antonio Kast, and the future of artificial intelligence.

Andrés Ojeda left Uruguay’s Torre Ejecutiva with a request for money to protect prosecutors and a broader proposal for permanent police patrols in neighborhoods hit by drug trafficking.

Fundamental

· Andrés OjedaOjeda described continued dialogue with President Orsi as essential.

The Colorado Party senator and secretary-general met President Yamandú Orsi on Friday as Orsi began a round of talks with political leaders before traveling to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. Orsi also met Independent Party leader Pablo Mieres and Open Cabildo president Guido Manini Ríos.

Ojeda said maintaining dialogue with the president was “fundamental”. “It is impossible to think of Uruguay without political parties, and especially without the Colorado Party,” he said. He described the meeting as the opening of a deeper, direct channel between the two sides.

It is impossible to think of Uruguay without political parties, and especially without the Colorado Party.

· Andrés OjedaHe emphasized the Colorado Party’s role in national political life.

The senator said he asked Orsi about the agenda for the New York trip. He identified a meeting with an investment fund, a discussion with Chilean President José Antonio Kast on coordinating efforts against organized crime, and another meeting with world leaders on the future of artificial intelligence. Ojeda said those issues gave the meeting a broader importance than the General Assembly visit alone because they affect Uruguay’s political system as a whole.

Today we opened a deeper, face-to-face channel of dialogue, which is important.

· Andrés OjedaOjeda characterized the meeting as the start of closer political communication.

Ojeda also raised domestic security. He asked the president to set aside funding for the protection of prosecutors. “Prosecutors are sitting ducks,” he said, adding that Orsi promised to study the request and treated it seriously. Ojeda submitted a written proposal for 24-hour policing in the three neighborhoods most affected by drug trafficking, initially as a pilot plan modeled on Rosario’s Plan Bandera. He said Uruguay’s foreign policy depends heavily on investment and credit, which in turn affect employment.

Prosecutors are sitting ducks.

· Andrés OjedaHe argued for dedicated funding to improve prosecutors’ security.
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Originally published by El País in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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