/tags/uruguay Uruguay en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:23:00 GMT /sports/2026-06-16/miami-first-world-cup-game In the sweltering heat and nestled between multiple traffic-jammed streets, Miami Stadium finally hosted its first World Cup game, between Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. The match drove excitement and pride, as well as colors from across the globe. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:23:00 GMT /sports/2026-06-16/miami-first-world-cup-game Valentina Sandoval, Halle Vazquez /americas/2025-10-16/in-a-regional-first-uruguay-passes-a-law-allowing-euthanasia Uruguay’s senate has passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 14:14:34 GMT /americas/2025-10-16/in-a-regional-first-uruguay-passes-a-law-allowing-euthanasia Associated Press /americas/2025-07-25/uruguay-confronts-a-powerful-new-threat-to-its-palm-trees-a-tiny-red-bug Uruguay’s iconic palm trees are under attack by the invasive red palm weevil, a pest from Southeast Asia. Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:16:32 GMT /americas/2025-07-25/uruguay-confronts-a-powerful-new-threat-to-its-palm-trees-a-tiny-red-bug Matilde Campodónico and Nayara Batschke | The Associated Press /americas/2025-05-13/uruguays-ex-president-jose-mujica-nicknamed-worlds-poorest-president-dies-at-89 José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89. Tue, 13 May 2025 19:52:36 GMT /americas/2025-05-13/uruguays-ex-president-jose-mujica-nicknamed-worlds-poorest-president-dies-at-89 John Otis /npr-breaking-news/2024-11-25/uruguays-leftist-opposition-candidate-becomes-countrys-new-president The election was free of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere, like the United States and neighboring Argentina. Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:05:45 GMT /npr-breaking-news/2024-11-25/uruguays-leftist-opposition-candidate-becomes-countrys-new-president The Associated Press /americas/2024-10-28/uruguay-one-of-latin-americas-strongest-democracies-heads-to-a-runoff-between-two-moderates The leading contenders in Uruguay’s presidential election say voters in the small South American nation had sent the race to a run-off in November. An early count of the general elections showed Uruguay’s moderate leftist alliance leading the conservative governing coalition with more than 60% ballots tallied. Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:45:07 GMT /americas/2024-10-28/uruguay-one-of-latin-americas-strongest-democracies-heads-to-a-runoff-between-two-moderates Nayara Batschke & Isabel Debre | The Associated Press /americas/2023-07-17/bargain-hunting-uruguayans-are-flocking-to-argentina-as-its-peso-slides-back-home-shops-struggle With its economy faltering, Argentina’s peso has plunged against the U.S. dollar and its annual inflation is nearly 116%, one of the highest rates in the world. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 21:02:21 GMT /americas/2023-07-17/bargain-hunting-uruguayans-are-flocking-to-argentina-as-its-peso-slides-back-home-shops-struggle The Associated Press /americas/2023-06-29/salty-gritty-tap-water-has-residents-of-uruguays-capital-fuming-amid-drought People in Uruguay have always been able to safely drink the water that comes from their taps, but now it's suffering from its most severe drought in 44 years. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:34:42 GMT /americas/2023-06-29/salty-gritty-tap-water-has-residents-of-uruguays-capital-fuming-amid-drought The Associated Press /commentary/2021-01-28/thanks-for-the-schools-and-covid-news-cdc-but-youre-a-year-behind-uruguay COMMENTARY Uruguay determined, long before the U.S.'s premier health agency, it was safe to re-open schools during the pandemic – and made it work. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:00:50 GMT /commentary/2021-01-28/thanks-for-the-schools-and-covid-news-cdc-but-youre-a-year-behind-uruguay Tim Padgett /show/latin-america-report/2020-07-06/small-uruguay-is-big-proof-that-committing-to-public-health-can-contain-covid-19 Uruguay has recorded the lowest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita in South America, if not the entire western hemisphere. The small but… Mon, 06 Jul 2020 21:55:33 GMT /show/latin-america-report/2020-07-06/small-uruguay-is-big-proof-that-committing-to-public-health-can-contain-covid-19 Tim Padgett