A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer ...
Uruguay finished the job, qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a 1-1 draw against Costa Rica. The South American side had gained ...
Argentine lawmakers are considering a gay marriage bill Argentine lawmakers are considering a gay marriage bill, the AP reported. If approved, Argentina would become the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage and only the second country in the Americas, after ...
Uruguay's presidential elections on Monday headed for a runoff after former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica fell short of the 50 percent needed for an outright victory over ex-president Luis Lacalle, media exit polls showed. "There will be a runoff," said Channel 12 ...
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former leftist guerrilla leader Jose Mujica faces a tight run-off in Uruguay's presidential election even though results on Monday showed he had a strong advantage in the first round of voting. Mujica, a 74-year-old senator who was jailed during ...
Blunt-talking ex-guerrilla forced into presidential runoff against free-marketeer in Uruguay A blunt-talking former guerrilla fell just short of a first-round victory in Uruguay's presidential election, according to results Monday, and his conservative opponents have united in hopes of leaping past him in ...
A supporter Luis Alberto Lacalle, former president of Uruguay and presidential candidate of the National Party, celebrates after a runoff was forced with Jose "Pepe" Mujica, presidential candidate of the ruling party Frente Amplio, after the country's general elections in Montevideo, Sunday, ...
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former left-wing guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica led Uruguay's presidential election on Sunday but was headed for a run-off against a conservative rival to steer one of Latin America's most stable economies. With results in from 21 percent of voting ...
Former guerrilla Jose Mujica came out on top in Uruguay's presidential vote, but fell short of the 50 percent needed to avoid a November runoff against ex-president Luis Lacalle, media exit polls said. "There will be a runoff," said Channel 12 pollster ...
Former guerrilla Jose Mujica is close to being the outright winner of Sunday's presidential election, having garnered around 50 percent of the vote, according to exit polls taken by television stations. "The results we have at present don't make it clear whether ...
Former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica, 74, won Uruguay's presidential election Sunday with around 50 percent of the vote, according to exit polls taken by television stations. If the figure matches or exceeds 50 percent in the official count, the candidate of the ...
Uruguayans voted Sunday in a presidential election that could bring to power an ex-guerrilla leader who was shot nine times and twice escaped from jail during the military dictatorship. Jose Mujica, 74, candidate for the incumbent Broad Front party, needs more than ...
