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URUGUAY: First Official Jailed for Dictatorship’s Disappearances
A foreign minister who served during Uruguay's 1973-1985 dictatorship was indicted Friday, including immediate prison, for the 1976 disappearance -- specifically, "the illegitimate deprivation of freedom" -- of Elena Quinteros, who was taken by force from the grounds of the Venezuelan embassy where she had sought refuge.RIGHTS-URUGUAY: First Official Jailed for Dictatorship’s Disappearances
A former foreign affairs minister who served during Uruguay's 1973-1985 dictatorship was indicted Friday, including immediate prison, for the 1976 disappearance - specifically, "the illegitimate deprivation of freedom" - of Elena Quinteros, who was taken by force from the grounds of the Venezuelan embassy where she had sought political refuge.URUGUAY: First Official Jailed for Dictatorship’s Disappearances
A former foreign affairs minister who served during Uruguay's 1973-1985 dictatorship was indicted Friday, including immediate prison, for the 1976 disappearance - specifically, "the illegitimate deprivation of freedom" - of Elena Quinteros, who was taken by force from the grounds of the Venezuelan embassy where she had sought political refuge.URUGUAY: Crisis May Lead to State of Emergency
Faced with a deepening financial and social crisis, the government of Uruguay is not ruling out the possible restriction of constitutional rights in its efforts to prevent further lootings after some 14 shops were attacked Thursday evening, and is considering a freeze on fixed-term deposits in state-owned banks.SPORTS-LATAM: Cuba Aside, Region Holds Limited Hope for Medals
Latin American athletes, with the exception of the Cubans, are competing as the underdog at the Olympic Gameswhich officially open Friday in the Australian city of Sydneyplacing their hopes for medals on team sports and their larger contingent of women competitors.INTEGRATION-LATAM: Mercosur Upbeat Despite Limited Progress
The Southern Cone Common Market (Mercosur) is upbeat after last week's summit in Buenos Aires, even though the negotiators were unable to resolve a long-running dispute over the norms governing trade in cars and spare parts.RIGHTS-URUGUAY: Military Chief Sacked for Controversial Remarks
The Uruguayan government relieved general Manuel Fernández of his post as head of the Armed Forces Joint Chiefs Thursday after he stated that the counter-insurgency war of the 1970s had not ended and that the military would once again take up arms.RIGHTS-URUGUAY: Gelman’s Search for Missing Granddaughter Ends
Argentine poet Juan Gelman's quarter- century search for his missing granddaughter ended Friday, when Uruguayan President Jorge Batlle revealed that she was born here during the 1973-85 dictatorship and has lived here ever since.POLITICS-URUGUAY: New President to Inherit Thorny Rights Issue
One of the touchiest issues to be faced by the new president of Uruguay are demands at home and abroad for the government to investigate the fate of victims of forced disappearance during the 1973-85 military dictatorship.SCIENCE: Uruguayan Scientist Wins Major US Prize
An engineer and graduate of the University of Uruguay has collected the U.S. "Young Scientist of the Year" award which is worth 1 million dollars.CULTURE-URUGUAY: Blacks Look to Libertarian Values of Ancestors
Black communities turned out in force last week to recreate religious and cultural traditions in a carnival that dates back to the era of slavery in Uruguay.ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CULTURE-URUGUAY: Early Start to Montevideo Carnival
The annual Montevideo carnival - billed as the longest running in the world - is off to its usual early start this year, well ahead of the better known festivals in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and other countries in the Caribbean.TRADE-MERCOSUR: Brazil Irks Partners While Bloc Wobbles
Argentina's frustrated bid to obtain compensation for its devastated exports to Brazil and timid attempts by Uruguay and Paraguay to activate MERCOSUR mechanisms has called into question the strength of South America's largest trade bloc - and even its very existence, according to some analysts.REPEATING//ARTS&ENTERTAINMENT-URUGUAY: European Films Counter U.S. Invasion
An international film festival kicked off Monday in the Uruguayan resort town of Punta del Este with a view to opening up new space for quality European film in Latin America, swamped for years by a flood of U.S. productions.EDUCATION: Re-think Needed for Latin American Education Systems
Education systems in southern Latin American countries need to to be overhauled because current programmes to reduce the number of pupils repeating a grade have resulted in a general lowering of standards, according to educators.ENVIRONMENT-LATIN AMERICA: MERCOSUR – A Toxic Waste Dump?
Suspicions that toxic wastes have been entering Paraguay illegally through a free trade zone in Uruguay have rekindled fears that the Southern Cone may have become a toxic waste dump for the developed North starting in the late 1980s.ENVIRONMENT: MERCOSUR a Toxic Waste Dump?
Suspicions that toxic wastes have been entering Paraguay illegally through a free trade zone in Uruguay have rekindled fears that the Southern Cone may have become a toxic waste dump for the developed North starting in the late 1980s.TRADE: 4,000 EU-Mercosur Business Contacts
At one of the biggest gatherings ever between entrepreneurs from South America's Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union (EU), Uruguayan President Julio Sanguinetti warned that Asia's financial crisis could have effects similar to the 1929 depression.« Previous Page
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