Yet increasingly Uruguay demonstrates not just the benefits of stability, but also its limits as a development strategy.

Uruguay's next president is a former history teacher who swapped the classroom for local government -- and will now lead the ...

Uruguay's leftist opposition candidate, Yamandú Orsi, claimed victory in a tight presidential runoff Sunday, ousting the ...

The presidential candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed Uruguay for the past five years conceded defeat ...

Voters in South America's laid-back Uruguay, known for its beaches, legalized marijuana and stability, headed to the polls on ...

By Lucinda Elliott and Sarah Morland MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) -Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in ...

A win for Orsi would make the small South American nation the latest country to rebuke an incumbent party in this landmark ...

Uruguay elected Yamandu Orsi of the left-wing opposition party to become the nation’s next president in a runoff vote Sunday, ...

Yamandu Orsi is set to be Uruguay’s next president ... Orsi’s administration is to take office next March, and like Mujica – ...

Uruguay's political arena is relatively tension-free, with significant overlap between the conservative and liberal coalitions vying for office.

Yamandu Orsi, a center-left candidate, won Uruguay's presidential election, defeating conservative Alvaro Delgado. Orsi secured 49.77% of the votes with promises of a 'modern left' policy. The country ...