Activists celebrate during a session inside the Legislative Palace, the approval of the Integral law for Trans People that was voted by Uruguayan legislators in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Oct. 19, ...

On a recent afternoon in Montevideo, a small army of volunteers was gathering in the backyard of a house in Palermo, a neighborhood in the Uruguayan capital’s south side. Some were peeling and cutting ...

The first whole genome sequences of the ancient people of Uruguay provide a genetic snapshot of Indigenous populations of the region before they were decimated by a series of European military ...

On a recent afternoon in Montevideo, a small army of volunteers was gathering in the backyard of a house in Palermo, a neighborhood in the Uruguayan capital's south side. Some were peeling and cutting ...

Authorities in Uruguay are enforcing mandatory sheltering for the homeless since the government issued a public alert on Wednesday due to cold weather and the death of at least seven people. (AP Video ...

When a democratic nation scraps democratic processes, it may be because the machinery merely needs overhauling. Uruguay’s trouble was a constitutional “reform” dreamed up in 1934 to keep the ...

The nationwide protests, organized under the banner "Enough of Genocide! Peace, Justice, and Freedom," saw participation across all 19 departments, with Montevideo serving as the epicenter of the ...

What should have been a showpiece game in the semi-final of the Copa America in Charlotte on Wednesday night descended into something more akin to a bar-room brawl as several Uruguay players, ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's Congress has approved a law that guarantees rights to the South American country's transgender community. Lawmakers in the lower house voted in favor of the ...

June 6 (UPI) --Uruguay's National Emergency System, or SINAE, said nearly 3,500 people are displaced after heavy rains caused flooding in the northern part of the country. SINAE on Monday said 1,957 ...