Uruguay Neck and neck: Uruguay presidential elections virtually tied Uruguay's two main candidates were virtually tied after Sunday's general election 25/11/2019
no comment Meet the machine that automates the burger-making process An automated burger machine has been helping to tickle tastebuds in San Francisco. 11/06/2019
Uruguay You can train mosquitos not to bite you by swatting them, finds new re The mosquitos in the study could remember the scent of a human that had attacked it and actively avoided them. 30/01/2018
World Government supplied cannabis: Uruguay's controlled high Uruguay has gone further than any country in the world in the legalisation of cannabis use, not just by allowing people to use and buy it, but also by setting up and managing the supply chain 10/01/2018
Uruguay Uruguay elects first transgender senator Michelle Suarez became Uruguay’s first transgender senator on Tuesday, October 10. 11/10/2017
Uruguay Uruguay defeats tobacco giant in court dispute The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled in favour of Uruguay after cigarette giant Philip Morris International tried to seek compensation from the 09/07/2016
Sport Beumi wins in Puenta del Este to lead Formula E Championship Sebastian Buemi took the chequered flag in the Puenta del Este race of the FIA E series. It was a double victory as he now tops the championship 19/12/2015
Sport Uruguayan legend, Alcides Ghiggia, dies aged 88 Alcides Ghiggia, who scored the winning goal for Uruguay in the final of the 1950 World Cup, has died aged 88. The Uruguayan achieved legendary 17/07/2015
Sport Maradona to stand as candidate for FIFA presidency? Argentina legend Diego Maradona wants to succeed Sepp Blatter as FIFA president, according to reports in South America. Uruguayan journalist and 22/06/2015
Uruguay Pope Francis's iPad fetches 28,500 euros at auction An Apple iPad which belonged to Pope Francis fetched 28,500 euros at auction on Tuesday, with proceeds going to a school for the poor in Uruguay, the 15/04/2015
Uruguay Uruguay: mourners pay tribute to acclaimed writer Eduardo Galeano Mourners have gathered at Uruguay’s Legislative Palace to pay their their final respects to Eduardo Galeano. The journalist and author died earlier 15/04/2015
Uruguay Light of the Latin American left Eduardo Galeano dies, 74 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 13/04/2015
Uruguay Uruguay: Leftist Vazquez is sworn in as president Uruguay has sworn in Tabare Vazquez as President replacing one leftist leader with another. As the outgoing but ever popular Jose Mujica presented 02/03/2015
Uruguay Six former Guantanamo inmates arrive in Uruguay Six former Guantanamo inmates arrive in Uruguay for resettlement in single largest prisoner transfer from the controversial US detention facility since 2009. 08/12/2014
Uruguay Vasquez wins election - again - as Uruguay president Leftist cancer specialist Tabare Vasquez is back at the helm of Uruguay, after easily winning Sunday’s run-off presidential election. Supporters of 01/12/2014
Uruguay Vazquez wins old job back as Uruguay's president Seventy-five-year-old Tabare Vazquez has won Uruguay’s presidential run-off, allowing the leftist ruling coalition to extend its decade in power 01/12/2014
Uruguay Uruguay president calls FIFA 'gang of old sons of bitches' over Suarez bite sanctions 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 30/06/2014
Uruguay Social media sinks its teeth into Suarez's appetite for destruction It has become the bite that went around the world. More than two million tweets exploded onto Twitter following the now-infamous clash between 25/06/2014
World What's the score? the pros and cons of the marking system 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 30/05/2014
World What's another year? A humiliating and demoralising setback or a second chance at success; the debate over children repeating a year in school is complicated and emotive 03/01/2014
Uruguay Economist magazine hails Uruguay for legalising cannabis and gay marriage British magazine The Economist has chosen Uruguay as its country of the year. The title, explaining its decision (registration maybe required) 19/12/2013
Uruguay Diet of rats helps man survive four months lost in the Andes A 58-year-old Uruguayan man who disappeared four months ago in the remote Andes Mountains was found alive on Sunday, after he spent a brutal winter 09/09/2013
World Child workers - not always a bad thing Tackling child labour remains one of the greatest challenges facing both the developed and developing worlds. It is estimated some 200 million 06/06/2011
