Now that Yamandú Orsi, who won Uruguay's presidency takes office, he has an opportunity to make history by focusing on ...

It might feel like a big move to escape the United States and head for Uruguay. But, when you are living in Uruguay as an ...

With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying ...

Uruguay's Public Health Ministry (MSP) launched its 2025 vaccination campaign, focusing on influenza, measles, and ...

Argentina edged to the brink of qualification for the 2026 World Cup on Friday after a superb strike from Thiago Almada ...

When a democratic nation scraps democratic processes, it may be because the machinery merely needs overhauling. Uruguay’s trouble was a constitutional “reform” dreamed up in 1934 to keep the ...

since “he did not want to lose contact with the people”. Vazquez was also a pioneer in combating smoking and imposed the ban in Uruguay forcing the country, on demands from tobacco giants ...

A cautious campaigner, Orsi — the former mayor of Canelones, a beach town known for its cattle ranches and high-tech — vowed to implement “safe change” for Uruguay’s 3.5 million people. Now he faces a ...

Uruguay, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Santiago Mazzarovich) People greet Uruguay’s newly sworn-in President Yamandu Orsi and Vice President Carolina Cosse as they ride past in an open car, on ...

Aerial view of Montevideo cityscape showing historical landmark Legislative Palace building at sunset in Montevideo, Uruguay. Many people are very busy on the sidewalk in front of shopping mall Many ...

“There’s something about Uruguay,” people say. Is there ever. It is not quite a unicorn. It has a cousin in Costa Rica. But it is, shall we say, exceptional. In 2020, State Magazine — a ...