Mourners have gathered at Uruguay’s Legislative Palace to pay their their final respects to Eduardo Galeano. The journalist and author died earlier

Eduardo Galeano, an anti-capitalist, leading voice of the Latin American left, has died in Montevideo, aged 74. Perhaps best known for his 1971 book

Uruguay has sworn in Tabare Vazquez as President replacing one leftist leader with another. As the outgoing but ever popular Jose Mujica presented

Six former Guantanamo inmates arrive in Uruguay for resettlement in single largest prisoner transfer from the controversial US detention facility since 2009.

Leftist cancer specialist Tabare Vasquez is back at the helm of Uruguay, after easily winning Sunday’s run-off presidential election. Supporters of

Seventy-five-year-old Tabare Vazquez has won Uruguay’s presidential run-off, allowing the leftist ruling coalition to extend its decade in power

Luis Suarez’s four-month biting ban has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but the Uruguay striker can now train with new club

Uruguay’s President José Mujica has called FIFA “a gang of old sons of bitches” in response to sanctions the organisation issued to Luis Suarez

Uruguay’s Football Association says it will appeal against FIFA’s unprecedented four month ban on Luis Suarez. The Liverpool striker’s World Cup

It has become the bite that went around the world. More than two million tweets exploded onto Twitter following the now-infamous clash between

Uruguay will play their final friendly against Slovenia this week before heading to Brazil with doubts lingering over whether key player Luis Suarez

Getting clear feedback about progress can be a big help to students and in many countries this means giving marks. But is it really the best method

Uruguay received a welcome boost on Thursday after it was announced Luis Suarez is likely to recover in time for next month’s World Cup in

Uruguay’s president has been answering his critics over state-sanctioned marijuana sales, a move aimed at undermining drug trafficking in the

Uruguay is asking the US to free Cuban prisoners in return for taking detainees from the controversial Guantanamo detention centre. It says it is

A football player in Paraguay has had his contract rescinded by his club because he is suffering with cancer. Sebastian Ariosa from Uruguay was

A humiliating and demoralising setback or a second chance at success; the debate over children repeating a year in school is complicated and emotive

British magazine The Economist has chosen Uruguay as its country of the year. The title, explaining its decision (registration maybe required)

Uruguay has became the first country in the world to legalise the cultivation, distribution and consumption of marijuana. The Senate approved the

The Uruguayan Senate is set to approve an historic bill on Tuesday which will for the first time legalise the entire production chain of cannabis