MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Uruguay's lower house of parliament voted on Wednesday to legalize euthanasia, emulating Cuba, Colombia and Ecuador in a societal shift around predominantly Catholic Latin ...

Uruguay is submitting helmer Gustavo Hernandez’s low-budget horror pic “La casa muda” (The Silent House) to vie for a foreign-language film Oscar nomination. A committee formed by Uruguay’s film ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Lawmakers in taboo-breaking Uruguay voted to legalize gay marriage late Tuesday night, approving a single law governing marriage for heterosexuals and homosexuals. The ...

Five of the six former Guantanamo inmates being resettled in Uruguay will likely move into a house in the capital Montevideo on Wednesday, according to the labor union providing the lodging. The men ...