MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) – Syrian refugees protested outside the Uruguayan presidency Monday to demand authorities help them leave for other countries, saying the nation that gave them sanctuary is ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) – A resettled former Guantanamo detainee who alarmed some officials when he recently went missing for several weeks is planning a hunger strike to demand he be allowed to ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Voters in the small South American nation of Uruguay picked a new president Sunday in a race between two moderates that defied regional trends of bitter division and ...

Uruguay has a history of passing socially liberal laws, legalising marijuana, same-sex marriage and abortion long before many ...

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - A former Guantanamo prisoner who was resettled in Uruguay but has asked to leave was denied entry to South Africa by that country's migration authorities, a Uruguayan official ...

After a decade-long debate, Uruguay's Senate approved a 'Dignified Death' law, making the country one of the first in Latin ...

Uruguay on Wednesday legalized euthanasia, becoming one of the first countries in Latin America and among a dozen worldwide ...

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former leftist rebel who became Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, has died at the age of 89. Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi announced his death in a social media post on ...

"Life is a right, both in health and in sickness, but it should never be an obligation," one Uruguayan senator argued before the final vote to legalize the process.