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

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

The candidate of the conservative coalition that has governed for the past five years conceded defeat after a tight runoff, ...

Left-wing politician Yamandú Orsi is poised to become the next president of Uruguay after his main challenger in the runoff conceded defeat Sunday and even the outgoing leader of the South American ...

Center-left opposition candidate Yamandu Orsi secured victory in Uruguay's presidential election, official results showed on ...

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

Editing by Christian Plumb and Rosalba O'Brien. Lucinda reports on the southern part of Latin America from Montevideo, Uruguay. Her beat includes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru & Uruguay.

Montevideo (Uruguay) (AFP) – Uruguayans go to the polls Sunday with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose Mujica hoping to reclaim the country's top job five years after a right ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay beat Colombia 3-2 on Friday with a last-minute goal in South American World Cup qualifying, and eased the pressure on coach Marcelo Bielsa. It was Uruguay’s ...

MONTEVIDEO (Reuters ... He did better than expected in the first round with a 3% showing. Uruguay bucks the global trend of sharp right-left divides seen in many countries in what has been ...