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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...

Uruguay's likely next president tried to lead an armed revolution as a young man, hiding in sewers, killing a police officer and twice escaping prison through elaborately dug tunnels. Polls suggest Jose Mujica — now 74 and committed to working...

Recent times have been marked by disappointment: of the past four editions of the World Cup, they only played one, in 2002, and even then they crashed out in the first round. On the way to South Africa, however, Uruguay...

As always, the lengthiest football tournament in the world offered up a wealth of facts and figures. No fewer than 853 matches were played across the six confederations to determine which 31 of the 200 participating countries (more than ever...

Mario Bolatti stabbed in a late goal to give Argentina a 1-0 win at Uruguay on Wednesday and send Diego Maradona's side to the World Cup finals. Bolatti netted five minutes after coming on as a substitute to clinch Argentina...

Uruguay qualified for a play-off with a team from North or Central America or the Caribbean, which turned out to be Costa Rica after it drew 2-2 with the United States Wednesday. Brazil, Paraguay and Chile had already secured berths...

In the 69th minute, a header from veteran striker Sebastian Abreu, 33, appeared to give Uruguay a decisive lead before 65,000 spectators...Only four minutes later another veteran, Walter Centeno, 35, made the most of a rebound in the box to...

In the face of volatile dairy prices NZ Farming Systems Uruguay is looking to spend close to $70 million on developing dairy farms in South America. The company yesterday outlined plans to raise money through a bond issue and the...

Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 11:55PM EST U ruguay came out of the testing atmosphere of the Saprissa stadium on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Costa Rica in their World Cup qualifying play-off that leaves them with...

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