The United States has stepped up its alert to its citizens traveling to Uruguay for "the advance of crime"

The US government has urged its citizens to take precautions if they go to Uruguay for "the progress of the crime"In the middle of the election year, the alert discomfort generated Frente Amplio, whose leaders are described as "interventionist"The measure, as published by the local press Saturday.

Friday afternoon, the United States Embbady in Montevideo announced in a statement that it alerted citizens traveling to Uruguay. went from "level 1" (in which is Argentina) up to "level 2", which implies going from "taking normal precautions" to "more caution because of crime".

"The Embbady of the United States of America informs US citizens that the US State Department has raised the level of travel recommendation for Uruguay Level 1: take the usual precautions at level 2: be more cautious about crime, "White House officials said in Montevideo in a statement.

The warning of Donald Trump's government has not gone unnoticed, let alone in an election year, and has generated discomfort in the ranks of the Frente Amplio, according to the newspaper The Republic.

People's Party (PVP) MP Luis Puig expressed his concern over the announcement and said that "it is part of a number of initiatives taken by the US government." as far as Uruguay is concerned interventionist cut"

Puig cited as an example a recent report of the US State Department concerning Uruguay in which he emphasizes the existence of "Particularly aggressive" unions and where "labor disputes intensify rapidly".

In this case, said the official legislator, it was a "clear interference with the level of organization of the unions and the alleged link with the Broad Front and others, and I think they clearly fulfill the function of wanting to create a situation contrary to Uruguay ".

"Now this appears Crime Alertwhich, in our opinion, really plays in the middle of the election year, "he added.

The statement of the embbady "has a clear political intent," confirming, for Puig, that "the United States continues to think that they have Latin America your backyard"