Uruguay Politics News

President-elect Jose Mujica retreated to his flower farm and shunned the spotlight on Monday, saying that dumping more talk on Uruguayans after a speech-filled campaign "would be like raining on what is already wet." Congratulations poured in from across Latin...

Updated on Monday, November 30, 2009, 09:44 IST Montevideo: Jose Mujica, a leftist former rebel, was declared the winner of a presidential runoff vote in Uruguay after his opponent ex-president Luis Lacalle conceded defeat. The co-founder of the radical leftist...

The 20-month-old girl suffered serious facial injuries after she approached the husky inside the salon, near Chapel Street's Jam Factory, around 10.20am. The dog is believed to belong to the owner of the salon, a police spokeswoman said. The girl...

Houston police tracked a suspected killer for more than five years as he fled to Mexico, South Texas and elsewhere before authorities nabbed him in northwest Harris County earlier this week. Oscar David Zamarripa, 24, is charged with murder in...

Police say the man, believed to be in his 20s, was discovered on the footpath at 5.20am after an altercation, Adelaide Now reports . He was stabbed at least twice in the right side of his chest and rushed to...

Jose "Pepe" Mujica, 74, presidential candidate of Uruguay's Frente Amplio ruling party, talks to supporters after the country's general elections in Montevideo, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009. Mujica, a blunt-talking former guerrilla seeking to maintain the left's hold on power in...

Jose "Pepe" Mujica, now a senator, was a member of the rebel Tupamaros National Liberation Movement (MLN) in the 1960s and 1970s. He was eventually captured and held in military prisons for 14 years. A vegetarian who advocates a simple...

The presidential election in Uruguay Sunday is moving toward an uncertain outcome, raising concerns the political and economic stability enjoyed under President Tabare Vazquez may be coming to an end. None of the candidates has emerged as a clear winner,...

Uruguay's Supreme Court on Monday declared unconstitutional a law that has provided amnesty to military officials accused of murders, disappearances and other human rights violations during the country's dictatorship...The law remains on the books, but the ruling could swing voters...