Uruguay News

ROSARIO, Uruguay, Jul 5 - The group of women cross this Uruguayan town every morning, some on bike and some on foot, on their way to CODEMUR, a women's cooperative that resurrected a garment factory abandoned by its owners.

A 56-year-old woman has died of A/H1N1 flu, raising Uruguay's total death toll in the new flu outbreak to four, hospital authorities said on Friday.

"A road used to run through here, the sidewalk was over there, and this was the neighbour's yard.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.

Spain and Uruguay on Tuesday reported their first deaths from swine flu, as Canada expressed fears that young people were particularly vulnerable to the virus.

MONTEVIDEO: An ex-guerrilla fighter and a rightist former president will go head-to-head in Uruguay's presidential election in October following primaries on Sunday, unofficial exit polls showed.

Catholics in Uruguay are waiting to see whether or not the Vatican will take action in the case of Bishop Francisco Barbosa da Silveira of Minas, who has been accused by priests in his diocese of engaging in homosexual activities.

The Third World Institute performs information, communication and education activities on an international level, concerning development and environment-related activities.

Estudiantes beat Uruguay visitor Nacional 1-0 in the Copa Libertadores semifinals on Thursday.

Beef-producing states told the World Trade Organisation on Friday they feared a deal between the United States and the European Union to open up European markets to high quality beef would hit their exports.

After 6 weeks in Buenos Aires, I finally get to go somewhere new. Jumped on a ferry and took an hour ride over the river to Colonia, Uruguay.

I WAS recently invited back to one of the precincts that defined a good portion of my youth - those retail monstrosities occupying the legendary intersection of Camden and Hillsdale in Cambrian Park.

SARANDI GRANDE, Uruguay, Jun 20 - Cono Perdigon rides a bus that bounces its way down a dusty, pitted road to reach the rural schoolhouse where he teaches.

Jose Gervasio Artigas is revered as Uruguay's greatest national hero, called the Primer Jefe de los Orientales and Primer estadista de la Revolucion del Rio de la Plata , Artigas was born in Montevideo on June 19, 1764.

You won't like what Eduardo Galeano has to say. The Uruguayan author, who read from his new book, "Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone" recently at the Free Library of Philadelphia, is the Superman of social critics, having spent his 40-year career reminding the world of the injustices committed in the name of freedom.

Hillel, the world's largest Jewish student organization, chose a unique way to celebrate its 85th anniversary.

The AH1N1 flu virus keeps on infecting more and more Ticos each day, with the total number of infected now at 93, according to the ministerio de Salud.

Changes are noticeable in cities like Bogota , Quito , Rio do Janeiro , Mexico City , Guatemala City , Lima , Montevideo and Santiago .

Published: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10:57 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 12, 2009 at 10:57 a.m. Uruguay.

Saturday, June 06, 2009 MONTEVIDEO: It's getting close to crunch time for Argentina approaching the final straight of Latin America's long slog of 2010 World Cup qualifying.