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Uruguay Diverges from a Continent Where Abortion is a Crime Worse than Rape
To better understand the importance of what Uruguay’s Congress did this week, consider what Argentina’s Supreme Court had to do last week. It ruled that a woman...
Uruguay’s Plan to Legalize Marijuana Sales: Should the Rest of the World Follow?
A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent shot and killed a suspected drug trafficker in Honduras over the weekend after the suspect, according to U.S...
Sins of the Cold War: When Will All of Latin America Find Justice?
Now that Uruguay has revoked a 25-year-old amnesty for human rights crimes committed during the country's 1973-85 military dictatorship, citizens are coming...
Uruguay: Free Again
Rejoining the democratic club Broad-shouldered, bushy-eyebrowed Julio María Sanguinetti, 48, bounded to the platform in the cavernous assembly hall of...
A Launch for the Uruguay Round
Wintry rainstorms pelted the Uruguayan seaside resort of Punta del Este last week, forming an ominously fitting backdrop for the historic meeting of government...
URUGUAY: Resounding No
A free vote and a free answer The voters of Uruguay, who have lived for seven years under a harsh, military-backed regime, trooped obediently to the polls...
Uruguay: And Then There Was One
After six weeks of intramural argument, Uruguay's nine-man National Council of Government finally decided to go along with the OAS ruling on Cuba. By a vote of...
URUGUAY: Hands Across the River
The President-elect of Uruguay's National Council and the acting Foreign Minister of Argentina held a secret meeting on the last day of 1954 aboard a yacht...
Uruguay: Murder, Tupamaros-Style
Unlike other Latin American terrorists, Uruguay's leftist guerrillas have cultivated a romantic image. Styling themselves the Tupamaros, after an 18th century...
URUGUAY: Two-Headed Leadership
The leaders of other Latin American nations could well take a look at tiny Uruguay last week and draw a lesson on how to make the best of a difficult...
Uruguay: Disillusion in Utopia
Uruguayans pride themselves on having the purest democracy in the Western Hemisphere. They got it 14 years ago, when the nation abolished its one-man...
Uruguay: Proposal for Leadership
For the last twelve years, Uruguay has been governed by a succession of nine-man National Councils, in which four members of the majority party take annual...
Uruguay: Enough Was Enough
The drab, two-story building on Montevideo's bustling Boulevard España looks as quiet as a convent. It is hardly that. Inside is the Soviet Union's biggest...
URUGUAY: Machine Gun in the Lettuce
The first political kidnaping of 1971 was pulled off one morning last week with a panache born of practice. As a street vendor in the Old City of Montevideo...
Uruguay: Too Much of a Good Thing
Unlike neighboring Brazil and Argentina, tiny Uruguay is a fat and tolerant country where almost anyone can enjoy the good life. Its 2,700,000 people are...
URUGUAY: Problems in Paradise
On the broad, busy streets of Montevideo last week it was hard to detect any signs of malaise. Montevideans looked well-fed, as usual, and stores were crowded...
URUGUAY: Success of a Soft Coup
In a continent where military coups seem almost as common as peaceable elections, tiny Uruguay has been unique. Often described as the "Switzerland of South...
Uruguay: Toward the Brink
Eight Uruguayan officials, led by Agriculture Minister Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, walked uneasily into a private office at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York...
Uruguay: President in the Ring
Several months after he took over as President last December, Jorge Pacheco Areco started remarking, only half-jokingly, that Uruguay's problems were such...
Uruguay: Woe in Welfarelcmd
After 50 years of cradle-to-grave welfare statism, little Uruguay is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy. The country is rich in wheat and beef but hardly...
