News: Uruguay

We have started to collect the most important news related to Uruguay in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Uruguay – overview

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• May 24th 2012 – October 27th 2011
• October 14th 2011 – March 29th 2011
• March 29th 2011 – July 9th 2010
• July 7th 2010 – May 13th 2010
• May 13th 2010 – October 26th 2009
• October 26th 2009 – April 3rd 2009
• March 2nd 2009 – December 19th 2007
• November 11th 2007 – February 27th 2007
• January 25th 2007 – May 9th 2006
• May 5th 2006 – December 22nd 2005
• December 3rd 2005 – November 16th 2005

Uruguay: news

Argentine 'Dirty War' body named

Thursday, May 24th 2012, 8:56
related countries: Argentina

Argentina identifies the remains of a body that washed ashore in Uruguay in 1976 as a "disappeared" victim of that era.
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Haiti rape case in Uruguay court

Friday, May 11th 2012, 4:09
related countries: Haiti

A Haitian man who says he was raped by five Uruguayan peacekeepers in Haiti appears before a Uruguayan judge investigating the case.
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Nurses accused of Uruguay deaths

Monday, March 19th 2012, 1:23
related places: Montevideo

Two male nurses in Uruguay are charged over several deaths at Montevideo hospitals, amid suspicions they may have killed dozens of patients.
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Uruguay moves to allow abortion

Wednesday, December 28th 2011, 9:50

Uruguayan senators vote to decriminalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, with the lower house set to debate the bill next year.
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Liverpool players support Suarez

Wednesday, December 21st 2011, 22:40

Luis Suarez's Liverpool team-mates issue a statement in "total support" of the striker following his Football Association punishment.
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Argentine minister dies at summit

Wednesday, December 21st 2011, 0:45
related countries: Argentina

Argentine junior minister Ivan Heyn is found dead in his hotel room at the Mercosur summit in Uruguay after apparently taking his own life.
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Uruguay army: No crimes cover-up

Monday, December 5th 2011, 16:19

Uruguay's army will not tolerate criminals, its chief says, after the recent discovery on a military base of the body of an activist killed in 1977.
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Uruguay identifies army base body

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 23:48

Forensic experts in Uruguay say the body found at a military base in October is that of trade unionist Julio Castro, who disappeared in 1977.
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VIDEO: Joy at overturn of amnesty in Uruguay

Thursday, October 27th 2011, 21:34

Uruguay's Congress has voted to revoke an amnesty law that protected officers from prosecution for crimes committed during military rule from 1975 to 1983.
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Uruguay revokes military amnesty

Thursday, October 27th 2011, 9:43

Uruguay's Congress votes after a tense debate to revoke an amnesty that shielded officers during military rule from prosecution.
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May 24th 2012 – October 27th 2011October 14th 2011 – March 29th 2011March 29th 2011 – July 9th 2010July 7th 2010 – May 13th 2010May 13th 2010 – October 26th 2009October 26th 2009 – April 3rd 2009March 2nd 2009 – December 19th 2007November 11th 2007 – February 27th 2007January 25th 2007 – May 9th 2006May 5th 2006 – December 22nd 2005December 3rd 2005 – November 16th 2005