France24 (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A laptop is now finding its place alongside a notebook and pen in schoolbags in Uruguay, the first and only country to offer an Internet-connected computers to all public primary school students. In the small town of Poquitos, some 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) north of Montevideo, about 20 students study The Odyssey by singing, drawing and even rewriting Homer's epic poem with the help of their apple...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The locally produced short film called Panic Attack! created by Fede Alvarez shows the science fiction story of robots invading the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. The blog El Bachural [es] enjoyed the short because it showed his city in a different light.
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Uruguay citizen Ruben Abrahamyan was appointed as Honorable Consul.
It's a Simple Game (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
This is november Update to Africa world cup fixtures , take a look(source fifa.com): 14/11/09 TBA Republic of Ireland - France 14/11/09 TBA Portugal - Bosnia-Herzegovina 14/11/09 TBA Greece - Ukraine 14/11/09 TBA Russia - Slovenia 14/11/09 15:00 Maputo Mozambique - Tunisia 14/11/09 15:30 Fes Morocco - Cameroon 14/11/09 15:30 Lome Togo - Gabon 14/11/09 15:30 Kigali Rwanda - Zambia 14/11/09 16:00 Nairobi...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former leftist guerrilla leader Jose Mujica faces a tight run-off in Uruguay's presidential election even though results on Monday showed he had a strong advantage in the first round of voting.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Montevideo - Former guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica, the candidate of the leftist ruling-coalition Frente Amplio, won Sunday's election in Uruguay with 47.49 per cent of the votes, preliminary official results confirmed Monday. Such a percentage, howev...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — A blunt-talking former guerrilla seeking to maintain the left's hold on power in Uruguay easily got the most votes in presidential elections Sunday, but failed to win the majority needed to avoid a runoff.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Montevideo - Former guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica won the first round of Uruguay's presidential election Sunday but missed the absolute majority that would have allowed him to avoid a runoff, several exit polls showed. According to projections, the l...
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica, who is running in first place in Uruguay's presidential election, said on Sunday he expects to go to a run-off in November.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica, who is running in first place in Uruguay's presidential election, said on Sunday he expects to go to a run-off in November.
Sify (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Former left-wing guerrilla leader Jose Mujica was leading Uruguay's presidential vote on Sunday, but was just short of an outright first-round victory, an exit poll showed.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Montevideo - Former guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica won the first round of Uruguay's presidential election Sunday but missed the absolute majority that would have allowed him to avoid a runoff, several exit polls showed. According to projections, the l...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Montevideo - Former guerrilla fighter Jose Mujica won the first round of Uruguay's presidential election Sunday with close to 50 per cent of the votes, several exit polls showed. The projections left it uncertain whether or not the country would need...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Montevideo - Polls closed in Uruguay's presidential and parliamentary elections without major incidents Sunday, with more than 2.5 million Uruguayans eligible to vote. Polls closed mostly as scheduled at 2130 GMT, although voting was extended at some...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguayans cast ballots in a presidential election on Sunday pitting a former guerrilla leader against a conservative ex-president with both men vowing to maintain market-friendly policies in one of South America's most stable economies.
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johnbakeronline | 04/12/2009
In 1972, 18-year-old Frederick Boyle arrives by ship in the heat and dust of Montevideo, Uruguay. Equipped with little more than a phrase book and a few pesos, he quickly finds himself renamed Ramon Bolio. Uruguay is a country on the brink of dictatorship and as Ramon finds friends within the resistance movement and marvels at the beautiful girls, the world around him is changing rapidly. Then one
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