Uruguay: Lacalle's Investiture Ceremony Alined With US Biases

Luis Lacalle Pou in Montevideo, Uruguay, Oct. 27, 2019.

Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela's representatives have not been invited to the upcoming event.

Lacalle Looks to Turn Uruguay Into Tax Haven Again

President-elect Luis Lacalle generated controversy with a proposal to attract investments to his country in exchange for tax benefits.

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Around 10 people make up this year’s team, as well as a few divers, a dozen researchers and personnel from Uruguay’s state electric company UTE and the state telecom company Antel.

Uruguay’s Antarctic Expedition Sets Off with Int'l Scientists

The IAU kicks off the first phase of the Southern Hemisphere Summer Campaign, which will go on until April and will carry out the scientific, technological and logistic projects planned for this year.

Daniel Martinez, presidential candidate of the Frente Amplio party, and his running mate Graciela Villar gesture to supporters in Montevideo, Uruguay November 24, 2019.

Martinez Concedes Uruguayan Presidency to Right-Wing Candidate

A right-wing political party will once again have control of the Uruguayan presidency following the latest round of elections

National Party presidential candidate Luis Lacalle Pou walks with his wife Lorena Ponce de Leon to the stage after the second-round presidential elections, in Montevideo, Uruguay November 25, 2019.

Right-Wing Candidate to Ring in Neoliberal Policies in Uruguay

Analyst Pablo Kunich warned that popular mobilization will be important to curb the possible application of a neoliberal agenda in Uruguay.

Supporters of Uruguayan presidential candidate Daniel Martinez from the ruling party, wait for results after the second-round presidential election in Montevideo, Uruguay November 24, 2019.

Uruguay’s Election Results to Be Announced Thursday, Friday

As of Sunday night with 97.7 percent of votes counted, Lacalle leads with 48.8 over 47.4 percent for Martinez.

A man casts his ballot at a polling station in El Cerro, Montevideo, Uruguay November 24, 2019.

Uruguayan Presidential Elections are Under Way

Approximately 2.6 million Uruguayans are entitled to vote and elect a new president on this Sunday's ballot.

Uruguay's Armed Forces were part of Operation Condor in the 1970s as the country experienced a bloody military dictatorship form 1973 to 1985.

Uruguay: Far-Right Calls Armed Forces to Vote Against Leftists

The far-right politician who belongs to the Cabildo Abierto party published a video addressed to members of the armed forces, calling for them to not vote for left-wing Broad Front.

Uruguay: Martinez, Lacalle Pou Close Campaigns Prior to Ballot

Sunday’s runoff will take place in an unstable regional context, after weeks of protest and conflict in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Chile.

Uruguay: Leftist Martinez Campaigns, Right-Wing Forms Coalition

Broad Front’s Martinez obtained 39.2 percent of the votes in the first round, while National Party’s Lacalle Pou reached 28.6 percent.

Greenpeace Fights ‘Ocean Looters’ in Uruguayan Waters

International fisheries carry out practices in the Atlantic because there is a “legal vacuum” that allows them to carry out illegal fishing not declared and unregulated.