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 June 2015

Uruguay

Pope Francis's iPad fetches 28,500 euros at auction

15 April 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 April 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 April 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

2 March 2015

Argentina

Argentine spy at centre of Nisman case accused of smuggling

An ex-spy who exposed an alleged cover up by Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has been accused of running a smuggling ring. Antonio Stiuso

25 February 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.

8 December 2014

Uruguay

Vasquez wins election - again - as Uruguay president

1 December 2014

Uruguay

Vazquez wins old job back as Uruguay's president

1 December 2014

Uruguay

Uruguay president calls FIFA 'gang of old sons of bitches' over Suarez bite sanctions

30 June 2014

Sport

Hosts Brazil and Colombia progress to quarter-finals

29 June 2014

Sport

World Cup: Aiming for the quarters

28 June 2014

Uruguay

Social media sinks its teeth into Suarez's appetite for destruction

25 June 2014

World

What's the score? the pros and cons of the marking system

30 May 2014

World

What's another year?

3 January 2014

Uruguay

Economist magazine hails Uruguay for legalising cannabis and gay marriage

19 December 2013

Uruguay

Diet of rats helps man survive four months lost in the Andes

9 September 2013

World

Child workers - not always a bad thing

6 June 2011