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The Montevideo Teachers’ Association (Ademu) decided to suspend classes for the third day following violent incidents at a school in Jardines del Hipodromo neighborhood of this city.

Uruguay's "cow bond" scheme has collapsed, causing one of Uruguay's biggest ever financial scandals.

Yamandú Orsi, a telegenic left-leaning former mayor and history teacher, took office as Uruguay’s new president on Saturday, at the helm of a government that has pledged to strengthen the social safety net while reversin...

From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles (kilometers) south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100-mile (3,400-kilometer) waterway that carries much of the agricultural...

The European Union and the Mercosur group of Latin American countries have agreed to terms for a long-anticipated free trade deal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Friday in Uruguay’s capital...

Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country’s new president in a tight runoff Sunday, ousting the conservative governing coalition and making the South American nation the latest to rebuke th...

Official presidential results in Uruguay on Sunday showed center-left candidate Yamandu Orsi will likely face conservative Alvaro Delgado in a second round next month, as no candidate secured the majority needed for a ph...

The October 27 vote includes a close presidential race and a controversial plebiscite.

Uruguay's center-left presidential candidate Yamandu Orsi, the frontrunner in polls ahead of elections this month, plans to avoid unpopular tax hikes despite a growing deficit, instead looking to spur faster economic gro...

A series of recent criminal activities suggests that organized crime has set its sights on Uruguay and reveals the vulnerabilities in what has historically been one of the most prosperous and well-governed countries in t...

Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo resigned late Wednesday, shortly after audio messages were published in which he appears to ask a former official to not hand over evidence in an investigation over a passpor...

Diego Labat, Uruguay's central bank chief, is sitting pretty. Inflation is at the lowest level in nearly two decades, the currency is one of the region's strongest, and the country is leading a regional pivot towards int...

Anger over water shortages has incited multiple protests on the streets of the capital. At state-owned water utility OSE, graffiti says "there is no drought, just looting."

Residents of Uruguay’s capital are increasingly exasperated after two months of salty-tasting tap water that has damaged water heaters, boosted demand for bottled water and reportedly caused stomach ailments.

Uruguayans in the capital Montevideo are praying for rain amid a historic drought that has left the main reservoir for the city with only ten days of water left. Low rainfall and high temperatures across the southern reg...