marriage bill recently approved by the Uruguayan legislature. Sanguinetti was a pre-candidate for the presidential primaries in June 2019 supported by the Batllistas political sector of the Colorado Party, and accompanied by some of his former trusted advisers, including former ministers and politicians from the Foro Batllista. In the primaries, he was second, being surpassed by Ernesto Talvi, who was proclaimed the presidential candidate of the PC. After being elected senator for the 49th Legislature in the general election of October 2019, Sanguinetti expressed his intention to collaborate from Parliament with the Multicolor Coalition during the first year, and then work on his activities as general secretary of the Colorado Party. He resigned his senatorial seat on October 20, 2020, announcing that he will begin a "full dedication" stage to his party. He resigned with former President José Mujica (2010-2015). Writings He has received honorary doctorate degrees from the Universities of Brasília (1985), Moscow (1990), Asunción (1994), Genoa and Bucharest, and, excluding short articles and studies, he has published the books entitled Alcances y aplicaciones de la nueva Constitución uruguaya [The Scope and Application of the New Uruguayan Constitution] (1967), La nación, el nacionalismo y otros ismos [The Nation, Nationalism and other '-isms'] (1978), El temor y la impaciencia Fear and Impatience (1991), El año 501 [The Year 501] (1992), Un mundo sin Marx [A World without Marx] (1993) y Meditaciones del milenio [Meditations of the Millennium] (1994), "El doctor Figari" [Doctor Figari] (2002), "La agonía de una democracia" [Agony of a democracy] (2008), "La reconquista, Proceso de la restauración democrática en Uruguay (1980-1990)" [The reconquest, Process of Uruguay's democratic rs restoration] (2012), "Retratos desde la memoria (Debate, Montevideo)" [Portraits from memory] (2015), "El cronista y la historia" [The reporter and history] (2017). Honours Foreign honours : Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín : Grand Collar of the National Order of the Southern Cross : Collar of the Order of Merit : Grand Collar of the Order of Boyaca Grand Collar of the Order of San Carlos : Grand Cross of the National Order of José Matías Delgado : Grand Cross of the National Order of Legion of Honour : Collar of the Order of the Quetzal : Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic : Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm : Collar