Former Uruguayan dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died Sunday while under home imprisonment in Montevideo for his role in human rights violations during his time in power, dpa reported.
Bordaberry became president in 1972 but dissolved Congress a (...)
Efforts to overturn an amnesty for officials from Uruguay's former dictatorship have failed in the country's congress, according to AP.
Members of the leftist ruling party fell one vote short of the 50 votes needed to overturn the amnesty early (...)
Hijjah 13, 1431 / Nov. 19, 2010, SPA -- The Americas would eliminate foot-and-mouth disease in less than 10 years, Xinhua quoted World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) chief Bernard Vallat as saying on Thursday.
"It is clear that in less than (...)
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani arrived Tuesday in Montevideo on a one -day official visit to the Republic of Uruguay.
Meanwhile, Qatar and the Republic of Uruguay held a session of official talks, under co-chairmanship of the Emir (...)
Uruguay"s likely next president tried to lead an armed revolution as a young man, hiding in sewers, killing a police officer and twice escaping prison through elaborately dug tunnels, according to AP.
Polls suggest Jose Mujica _ now 74 and (...)
