FILE - Uruguay President-elect Yamandu Orsi attends a press conference after meeting with current President Luis Lacalle Pou in Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File) ...

MONTEVIDEO (AP) — Uruguay’s president-elect Yamandú Orsi has turned down the luxuries of the official presidential residence and will instead continue to live with his family in a modest ...

Orsi, who will take office on Mar. 1, said he and his family would often have to stay in the capital. The decision echoed the one taken by former President José Mujica at his inauguration on Mar. 1, ...

The decision echoed the one taken by former President Jose Mujica at his inauguration on Mar. 1, 2010. Mujica also refused to reside in the three-story Suarez palace, complete with a rose garden ...

27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File) The decision echoed the one taken by former President José Mujica at his inauguration on Mar. 1, 2010. Mujica also refused to reside in the three ...