Uruguay News
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Balneario Sol -
A building made of tires and glass and plastic bottles, off the grid and non-polluting: a village in Uruguay is home to a fully sustainable school -- and a bold experiment in green citizenship.
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Montevideo -
A former Guantanamo inmate whose health is failing is free to continue his long hunger strike, ruled a Uruguayan judge.
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Montevideo -
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay but demanding to be reunited with his family has resumed a hunger strike after coming out of a coma, his doctor said Thursday.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
A former inmate at the US Guantanamo military prison who was resettled in Uruguay has slipped into a coma after a lengthy hunger strike, a medical worker told AFP Wednesday.
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Montevideo -
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay left hospital Saturday after being admitted amid a long hunger strike.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
A former Guantanamo inmate who was resettled in Uruguay was hospitalized, suffering from the effects of a prolonged hunger strike, a source said.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
A former Guantanamo inmate resettled in Uruguay in 2014 has declared a hunger strike after being deported from Venezuela in a failed attempt to reunite with his family in Turkey.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
A former Guantanamo Bay inmate who was resettled in Uruguay and then arrested in Venezuela after going missing has been sent back to Uruguay, officials said Tuesday.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
A former prisoner at the US Guantanamo Bay military center being held by Venezuela after going missing from Uruguay will be returned there Sunday, a key mediator said.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Alvaro Brusti had never worked in his life before he wound up behind bars for armed robbery.Now after five years inside, the 34-year-old is running his own company, in an unusual scheme at a Uruguayan jail.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Uruguay won an arbitration case against US tobacco giant Philip Morris, which sued the state claiming its strict anti-tobacco law harmed the cigarette maker's business, both sides said.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Uruguay will this month start signing up smokers to buy marijuana from pharmacies in the world's first scheme for state-production and sale of the drug, an official source said Wednesday.
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By AFP
Buenos Aires -
Severe storms and flooding across South America's "southern cone" have killed at least 12 people and forced thousands to evacuate, with more bad weather on the way.
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By AFP
Nueva Helvecia -
Storms and floods in Uruguay have killed seven people and driven 3,600 from their homes in recent days, authorities said.
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Nueva Helvecia -
Storms and floods in Uruguay have killed seven people and driven 2,000 from their homes in recent days, authorities said Sunday.
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Asunci -
Storms and floods battering South America claimed a sixth victim in Paraguay on Monday as river levels threatened to rise further after torrents drove tens of thousands from their homes.
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By AFP
Asunci -
Mudslides have killed at least four people in Brazil, one of several South American countries where torrential rains and flooding now have claimed at least 10 lives, officials said on Sunday.
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By AFP
Asunci -
More than 160,000 people have been driven from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay in some of the worst floods in decades, which have left at least six people dead, authorities have said.
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Asunci -
Flooding dampened Christmas eve celebrations in parts of Latin America on Thursday, leaving five people dead and driving almost 150,000 from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
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By AFP
Colonia Del Sacramento -
More than 250 years after Spanish forces sank the British warship Lord Clive off the coast of Uruguay, treasure hunter Ruben Collado is working to raise it from its watery grave.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Uruguayan chemists on Thursday criticized the government's plan to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use in the country's pharmacies.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Syrian refugees who arrived in Uruguay last year under a resettlement program protested Monday outside the presidential offices, saying they are living in poverty and want to leave.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Police in Uruguay are calling for new regulations that would allow them to shoot suspects in the back, arguing the current rules give criminals the upper hand."It's not a very pretty solution. We know it's going to be criticized.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Working at a decidedly un-slackerly pace, employees are racing to get ready for the opening of the latest marijuana boutique to sprout up in pot-friendly Uruguay.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Flooding from days of heavy rain in Uruguay has forced nearly 4,000 people from their homes, officials said Monday.
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By AFP
Santiago -
Chile's Supreme Court jailed a group of 14 Uruguayan and Chilean army officers Tuesday for kidnapping and killing a top agent of late dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime in order to silence him.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Workers in Uruguay staged a general strike Thursday to demand wage hikes and more government spending.As heavy rains drenched the capital city Montevideo, cars clogged the streets because there was virtually no public transport.
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By AFP
Montevideo -
Uruguay will take in a new group of Syrian refugees by the end of the year, officials said Monday, adding that the country was committed to helping alleviate a humanitarian crisis.
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Chile’s Copa America quarter final victory over Uruguay went according to plan, with the hosts encountering difficulties solving a deep, organized defence.
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It’s been nearly over a year since Chile and Uruguay bowed out of the World Cup, and one of the South American giants will suffer the same fate in this year’s Copa America.
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Basílica del Santísimo Sacramento in Colonia, Uruguay. The original building dates from 1680, at the time of the founding of the Portuguese colony and it is considered the oldest church in Uruguay. The current building is the result of several restorations, the latest in 1836. Fulviusbsas
Mark McConville wearing his 'Jimmy hat' and waving the saltire Facebook
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People celebrate after the Senate approved a government-sponsored bill that provides for regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana during a session in Montevideo, December 10, 2013. With permission by Reuters / Andres Stapff
The Presidential guard dog, a three-legged mutt YouTube
The Portuguese built their cobblestoned roads so the rainwater would drain along the middle, instead of next to the sidewalks.
The goalkeeper for Peru manages to prevent an Uruguay player from scoring. Screen Capture
Armas Square and Palacio Salvo, Montevideo.
Map of Rio de la Plata showing the locations of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Wiki
People celebrate after the Senate approved a government-sponsored bill that provides for regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana during a session in Montevideo December 10, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Andres Stapff
Old stone house in the historic quarter of Colonia del Sacramento.
Plenty of horse-drawn carts still navigate the streets of the Uruguayan capital.
Argentinian playmaker, Lionel Messi, is blocked by a Uruguayan defender during their quarterfinal match in Copa America 2011. Uruguay went on to beat Argentina 5-4 on penalties. Photo: Argentina Football Federation (AFA)
Uruguay president Jose Mujica, known as the 'poorest president' Presidencia de la República del Ecuador
People celebrate after the Senate approved a government-sponsored bill that provides for regulation of the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana during a session in Montevideo December 10, 2013 With permission by Reuters / Andres Stapff
Old Portuguese style street in Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Fsolda
Uruguay is an antique car-lover's paradise. Even the junkyards are full of gems.
Bridge and gate to the historic quarter of Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay.
The Presidential "limo," a 1987 VW Beetle YouTube
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