Lucia Topolansky become Uruguay's first female vice-president

    

 Lucia Topolansky, senator and wife of ex-President Jose Mujica, has become Uruguay's first female vice-president.

   Report says, Topolansky took over after the resignation of Jose Sendic amid corruption allegations. She will  head the Senate and the Uruguayan congress's general assembly.
   Uruguay has been led by the left-wing Frente Amplio party, which has promoted generous social welfare policies, since 2005.