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Read More at Wikipedia ›A 19-year-old Haitian man who has accused six Uruguayan peacekeepers for the U.
N. of sexually abusing him in the poor Caribbean country will testify Thursday to a judge who is investigating the case.Uruguayan Judge Alejandro Guido and Supreme Court spokesman Raul Oxandabarat told The Associated Press that the man would testify during a closed hearing.Guido declined to provide more information. But Oxandabarat said the testimony was part of the judicial investigation into the allegations."It's not a penal trial but an inquiry to investigate alleged rape of this young man in Haiti," the court spokesman said.Oxandabarat said justice officials had arranged for a translator because the witness speaks Creole. He said a public lawyer was also being provided because the young man's lawyers were not authorized to practice law in Uruguay.Local media showed images of the young man in a suit and tie after he landed at Montevideo's airport Wednesday afternoon. He was accompanied by his mother, two ...An investigation into dozens of possibly induced deaths at two Uruguayan hospitals led to murder charges being filed against two nurses Sunday and a third was charge...
A proposal to annul an amnesty for officials of Uruguay's former dictatorship fell one vote short in the country's Congress on Friday after a bitter debate that reop...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — A former guerrilla leader who won the trust of voters with his homespun manner and promises to govern as a conciliator became Uruguay's ne...
By Angus MacSwanKIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) - When Uruguayan Mario Sabah and his two sons turned up in a tiny car outside their national team's hotel in Kimber...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A U.N. court rejected Argentina's claims Tuesday that a Uruguayan pulp mill is pumping dangerous pollution into the river on their mutu...
By Conrado HornosMONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's media celebrated "the hands of Luis Suarez " on Saturday after the striker's handball in the World Cup quarter-fina...
Have you had a chance to digest the stunning action that was force-fed to you Sunday?The English Premier League season culminated this past weekend in a 20-team, two...
Along a busy street in the Argentine capital, the man in the brown suit doesn't need to speak above a whisper to sell his goods: "Money change. Money change." Those ...
Former Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez says he may run again for the presidency in three years.Uruguay's presidents are limited to one term at a time, so the ruli...
Maria Esther Gatti de Islas, a human rights activist who helped found Uruguay's organization of relatives of people who disappeared during South America's "dirty war...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Troops from Uruguay are regularly among U.N. peacekeeping forces deployed around the world, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Cli...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — President-elect Jose Mujica of Uruguay wants Digeo Maradona to work on an anti-drug campaign.Mujica said in Tuesday's edition of El Observ...
A 19-year-old Haitian man who has accused six Uruguayan peacekeepers for the U.N. of sexually abusing him in the poor Caribbean country on Thursday arrived at court ...
Lazio signed Uruguay forward Emiliano Alfaro on Thursday from Uruguayan side Liverpool FC of Montevideo.Alfaro, 23, made the switch on an undisclosed transfer fee an...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina and Uruguay both professed neighborly affection, if not brotherly love, after a U.N. court delivered a long-awaited ruling t...
The Libertadores Cup served up a double dose of late drama as Boca Juniors and Corinthains scored last-gasp goals in Wednesday night's games to reach the semi-finals...
Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in ...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The Uruguayan linesman who failed to see that a shot from England midfielder Frank Lampard crossed the goal line against Germany at the Wo...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Long-secret diplomatic cables show President Richard Nixon wanted the Uruguayan government to threaten to kill leftist prisoners in an att...
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