Balloting in Uruguay’s runoff election has come to a close on, starting a countdown to the announcement of official results in a tight battle for the presidency between the conservative ruling coaliti ...

Uruguay's president-elect Yamandu Orsi reiterated his controversial position on Venezuela during a press conference on ...

( JTA) — Like many of his fellow Latin American leaders, Uruguay’s new president-elect is left-wing. But Yamandu Orsi, who ...

Ursula von der Leyen's new European Commission is expected to officially start its work next week, with the European Parliament set to give it the all-clear in Strasbourg on Wednesday.

John Lauritsen is an Emmy award-winning reporter from Montevideo, Minn. He joined WCCO-TV in late-July of 2007. Two days ...

Chile launched a preliminary investigation into a sexual harassment complaint against President Gabriel Boric on Tuesday in a ...

Left-wing candidate Yamandu Orsi from the Broad Front coalition wins Uruguay's presidential election in a second-round ...

Nazaroviello shared a drone video from Montevideo, Uruguay, showing crowds celebrating Yamandú Orsi's victory in the ...

In a significant political shift, Yamandú Orsi of the leftist Broad Front coalition has won Uruguays presidency in a tightly ...

Uruguay’s leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, became the country's new president in a tight runoff election that ...

Yamandú Orsi edged out the ruling party after a tight runoff, marking the leftist Broad Front's comeback after five years of conservative governance.

"With sadness, but without guilt, we can congratulate the winner," he told supporters at his campaign headquarters in the capital of Montevideo. Orsi, 57, a working-class former history teacher and ...