Legislative and presidential elections were carried out smoothly in 2009. Candidate of the ruling party the Ample Front （el Frente Amplio） Jose Mojica won the presidency. Despite of the negative impacts of international financial crisis and lingering drought，Uruguay became one of few Latin American countries who managed to keep economic growth. Expansive fiscal policies focused on investment in infrastructure，transportation and energy sectors together with contractive monetary policies aimed at stabilizing prices were under way. Employment rate show little change as urban employment was not affected significantly by the economic crisis. Uruguay’s relationship with other Mercosur member countries did not develop as well as expected because of their disputes on advancing the integration.