sunday with polls suggesting the center right national party is on course to end a decade and a half of left wing rule and yet another power shift in latin america. national party candidate luis the son of former president finished 2nd in the 1st round with around 29 percent but in the upcoming runoff you can probably count on the votes from 5 mostly conservative parties that's why pollsters see him winning ahead of ruling party candidate danielle martinez he's a former minister and mayor of wise capital montevideo for the left wing broad front martin is one the 1st round vote with 39 percent. a long to do list awaits the next leader including the country's public security crisis the climate rate has hit the prime rate has hit historic highs with homicides rising by nearly 50 percent last year police are struggling to deal with the violence so some people are taking matters into their own hands w w's nicole fairless has this story from monte video surveillance cameras on every corner but it's not big brother who's watching it's desperate citizens trying to protect their businesses and property in montevideo spot of give idea area to cars are sto

sunday with polls suggesting the center right national party is on course to end a decade and a half of left wing rule and yet another power shift in latin america national party candidate luis like how the son of a former president finished 2nd in the 1st round vote with around 29 percent but in the upcoming runoff he could probably count on the votes from 5 mostly conservative parties that's why pollsters see him winning ahead of ruling party candidates danielle martinez a former minister and mayor of why is capital montevideo for the left wing broad front he won the 1st round vote with 39 percent. of. our correspondents nicole foolish joins me now she is in oregon capital montevideo nicole de left wing broad front has been in power for 14 years now why is the party facing the real possibility that that one will be coming to an end. well it wasn't all bad in these 15 years the leftist government turn your ally into one of the most advanced nations and latin america and matters of rights of women's rights. for a crucial anti-tobacco law and that historic legalize ation of mario wanna but when bling economy a dwindling economy. a corruption scan

sunday with polls suggesting the center-right national party is on course to hit a decade and a half of left wing rule in yet another power shift in latin america. one national party candidate, the son of a former president, finished second in a first round vote with around 20%, but in the upcoming runoff, he can probably count on votes from five mostly conservative parties. that's why posters see him winning ahead of ruling party candidate daniel martinez, for the left wing broad front. he won the first round vote with 39%. our correspondent joins us now. she is in uruguay's capital. the left wing broad front has been in power for 13 years. why is the party facing the real possibility that that will be coming to an end? >> it was not all bad. in these 15 years, the leftist government turned uruguay into one of the most advanced nations in latin america in matters of lgbtq rights, women's rights. they pushed for a crucial anti-tobacco law and that historic legalization of marijuana, but a dwindling economy, a corruption scandal in the government that led to the vice president leaving office, growing inequality indicators, and also a worsening s