The President of the Republic, Yamandú Orsi, owner of several chalets on the Costa de Oro in Canelones, does not pay the Primary Education Tax. This tax, which falls on Uruguayans, is supposedly allocated to the ANEP to finance the education of the most vulnerable.
According to a report from Radio Carve, one of his properties in Pinamar, acquired in October 2024, has unpaid installments since January 2025, with the first due date of 2026 still pending. The original amount was $4,387, but with fines and surcharges, it now exceeds $5,609.
In his family home in Salinas, moreover, renovations (pool and barbecue) were carried out between 2018 and 2019 that were never updated in the Cadastre.
This is not a simple oversight. It is the purest hypocrisy turned into state policy.
While Orsi and his Broad Front government burden Uruguayans with suffocating tax pressure, they ruthlessly pursue the taxpayer who falls behind, fining them, seizing their assets, and labeling them as “unsupportive,” the president himself does not pay the tax that he imposes and that, according to his speech, is intended for the most humble children.
Complete shamelessness
The same leader who drives around in a high-end Hyundai truck obtained with a million-dollar discount of $25,000 — a benefit that no ordinary Uruguayan can dream of — leaves unpaid the installments intended for poor children.
