The U.S. government on Wednesday notified Congress of his intention to transfer to Uruguay six prisoners from the prison at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Notification occurs after Washington and Montevideo closed a deal to send prisoners considered low profile and low risk, and comes almost four months after the Uruguayan President Jose […]
Jul 18 2014 | Posted in
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How this is as a man of the people: The president of Uruguay, José Mujica, has earned a nickname, “el president mas pobre” (translation: “poorest president”). The 77-year-old recently admitted to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that he donates almost all of his presidential salary, making him the poorest, or, as Univision pointed out, […]
Volcano ash in Chile creates problems for flights traveling in and out of Uruguay It has been reported that a volcano in Chile has caused flight delays and cancelations on Saturday. The flights which have been delayed were to fly out of Uruguay. The air travellers had to go through a week of frustration as […]
Nov 28 2011 | Posted in
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