Uruguay News

Expat enclaves dot Costa Rica like so many fireflies on a dusky summer lawn, and right in the middle of all of them sits Central Valley and the country's capital, San Jose.

Jorge RafaA©l Videla in 1978, two years after he led the coup that overthrew the PerA3n government in Argentina.

In 1922 she married poet Victor Piuma Velez who wrote the first set of lyrics for Desde El Alma.

South America has got its first think-tank aimed at providing climate change knowledge to decision-makers to help them design tools tailored to local needs.

A native of Montevideo, Uruguay, Rubio has lived in Davis since 2001 and has exhibited at solo art shows in San Francisco, Sacramento, Davis and Woodland; and in group exhibitions throughout Northern California, in addition to solo and group shows in his hometown of Montevideo.

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his ally Cristina Fernandez met behind closed doors on Wednesday ahead of a big soccer-stadium rally organized by the Argentine president's supporters.

Eduardo Galeano , One of Latin America's most distinguished writers. He is the author of the three-volume "Memory of Fire," "Open Veins of Latin America," "Soccer in Sun and Shadow," "Upside Down," "The Book of Embraces," "We Say No," "Voices of Time and Mirrors," among others.

In its Regional Economic Outlook for the Western Hemisphere , released on May 6 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the IMF said that external risks to the near-term outlook have receded.

US President Barack Obama waves while boarding Air Force One on May 4, 2013 before departing from Juan Santamaria International Airport in Alajuela, 22 km northwest of San Jose, on May 4, 2013.

Photo courtesy of Dale Cummings and the International Editorial Cartoon Competition of the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom Winners of the 2013 Cartoon competition of the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom have been announced with the top prize going to Leslie Ricciardi of Uruguay, second spot to Dale Cummings of Canada, and third ... (more)

Uruguay's state water utility OSE has launched a tender for a potable water treatment plant to supply the city of Durazno in the department of the same name.