The wife of Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázq has died …

The first lady of Uruguay, María Auxiliadora Delgado, wife of President Tabaré Vázquez, died at 82, said the presidency of the Uruguayan nation in a statement.

Delgado, the youngest of the eleven brothers, was married in 1964 with the Uruguayan president. The remains of the first lady will be veiled from the age of 8 and buried at 15 years in the cemetery of La Teja, in the district of the same name, Montevideo.

Delgado and Vázquez had four children: Álvaro, 53, Javier, 52, and Ignacio, 49. They also adopted a friend of one of their children, Fabián Barbosa.

"Delgado was a low-profile woman, she was Catholic and still performed social support tasks," El Observador de Montevideo newspaper said, adding that during the first government of Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010), he had oral health. "