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October 2009 Elections, Uruguayan Voters, and Courts May End Law Since 1986 Uruguay's Ley de Caducidad, an "expiry" law, has protected members of Uruguay's military. On October 25, 2009, Uruguayans took to the polls to vote for...
Uruguayan voters' rejection of a move to annul the country's amnesty law could hamper efforts to promote justice over crimes committed during the country's military dictatorship (1973-1985), despite recent important rulings to...
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former left-wing guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica led Uruguay's presidential election on Sunday but was headed for a run-off against a conservative rival to steer one of Latin America's most stable economies.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Uruguay's last dictator, Gregorio Alvarez, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for 37 homicides, including forced disappearances in "Operation Condor" when South America...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Jose "Pepe" Mujica, Uruguay's most popular politician going into Sunday's presidential election, is no ordinary front-runner. A former guerrilla and committed socialist who twice escaped from prison...
NZ Farming Systems Uruguay is unfairly blaming Uruguayans' lack of farming knowledge and the country's one-in-30-year drought for the company's poor performance, an academic says. Daniel Conforte, ...
The Uruguay Navy's sailing training boat "Capitan Miranda" arrives at a port in Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, Oct. 19, 2009. After an earth orbit mission, "Capitan Miranda" returned to Montevideo on...
Montevideo - Uruguay's Supreme Court has struck a critical blow to an amnesty law that gave the military and police immunity for violations of human rights during the 1973-85 dictatorship. The court published its unanimous...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - But Argentine voters' stinging rejection of President Cristina Fernandez and her husband Nestor Kirchner and the political infighting that prompted the overthrow of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya both...
MONTEVIDEO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay's primary elections for parties' presidential candidates ended on Sunday. The nation's Electoral Court said that the polling began at 8:00 a.m. local time (1100 GMT) and ended 7:30 p.m....
