Category: Uruguay
January 30, 2023 > Laurence Blair
A Corruption Scandal Is Making Waves in ‘Squeaky-Clean’ Uruguay
This article was republished with permission from World Politics Review. To view the original, click here. The story was damaging enough to begin with. Last September, Alejandro Astesiano — chief […] Read More >
November 18, 2022 > EcoAméricas
Uruguay readies fines for huge UPM eucalyptus tree nursery
This story was written by Javier Lyonnet for the October 2022 issue of EcoAméricas. Click here to see the original story. A eucalyptus-tree nursery in Uruguay operated by the Finnish […] Read More >
June 16, 2020 > jenniferpribble
Uruguay Quietly Beats Coronavirus, Distinguishing Itself from its South American Neighbors
This article is re-published from The Conversation. Latin America is the world’s new coronavirus epicenter, but Uruguay – a small South American nation of 3.5 million people – has so […] Read More >
May 14, 2015 > Staff
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Criticizes Decision to Take In Ex-Guantánamo Detainees
Top Story — Uruguay’s new government appears to be distancing itself from its predecessor’s decision to accept six former inmates from the United States’ detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, […] Read More >
March 1, 2015 > Declan McGarvey
José Mujica: The “World’s Poorest President” Set to Safeguard His Legacy of Change
COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO, Uruguay — Colonia del Sacramento underwent turbulent change in its early history. A strategic port founded by conquistadors at the mouth of the world’s widest river, the […] Read More >
February 9, 2015 > Staff
Great Reads Round-Up: Feb. 2-8
Crisis in Mexico: Who is Really Responsible for the Missing Forty-Three? Francisco Goldman. The New Yorker. February 7, 2015. More than four months have passed since 43 teacher-trainee students disappeared […] Read More >
December 1, 2014 > Staff
Uruguay Elects Tabaré Vázquez President
Top Story — Tabaré Vázquez will serve another term as Uruguay’s president after winning a runoff election on Sunday, continuing the decade-long rule of the leftist Broad Front coalition. Opposition […] Read More >
October 23, 2014 > Staff
Uruguayan Presidential Candidate Would Roll Back Historic Marijuana Law
Top Story — Days ahead of Uruguay’s presidential election Sunday, the country’s top opposition candidate on Wednesday vowed to repeal the country’s historic marijuana law, which legalizes the commercial production […] Read More >
September 18, 2014 > Camila Osorio
The Economist Criticized For Equating Violence Of Military Dictatorships With That Of Guerrillas
The Economist magazine stoked a controversy this week with an article arguing that memorials commemorating those killed by South America’s rightwing military governments are rewriting the past by playing down […] Read More >
September 26, 2012 > Staff
Uruguay Votes To Legalize Abortion
Top Story — Uruguay’s Lower House voted 50-49 to legalize abortion on Tuesday, a different version of a bill that has already passed in the country’s Senate. The law, which […] Read More >