MONTEVIDEO, (Reuters) – Uruguay’s interior minister was sacked yesterday after television channels showed her making vulgar comments about the opposition and months after she drew criticism for a controversial photograph of herself on the Facebook social networking Internet site.
Daisy Tourne, who has been in charge of public security at a time when Uruguayans are increasingly concerned about crime, stepped down at the request of center-left President Tabare Vazquez.
At a Socialist Party youth meeting on Wednesday, later shown on television, Tourne swore repeatedly, using rude terms to refer to rightist opposition politicians who are seeking nomination as presidential candidates.
