Juan Domínguez (Uruguay)

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Juan Domínguez is a Uruguayan political figure.

Contents 1 Political role 2 Controversy 3 See also 4 Link

[edit] Political role

He is a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay and belongs to the Movement of Popular Participation. This forms part of the Frente Amplio political grouping supporting President of Uruguay Tabaré Vásquez, who took office in 2005.

[edit] Controversy

In November 2007 Domínguez was involved in a televised incident in the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay resulting in a fight with an opposition deputy, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou. This arose following discussion of ideas about Tupamaros and following language used by Domínguez widely acknowledged to be derogatory about the family background of Lacalle Pou, and, more generally, about the existence of political families in Uruguayan politics. (See: List_of_political_families#Uruguay)

In the controversy which ensued, spokesmen for government and opposition parties disavowed the behaviour among the deputies in connection with the incident.

(See link to article of November 6, 2007, in 'Espectador', below.)

[edit] See also

• Politics of Uruguay

[edit] Link

• Article, (including details of the context of Domínguez's 'oligarca puto' [rough translation: 'bastard oligarch'] allegation), in 'Espectador', November, 6 , 2007 [1]