Uruguay
Latin American governments “apologize” for dictatorships’ crimes
By Bill Van Auken, January 20, 2012
The formal state apologies offered by the governments of El Salvador and Uruguay for decades-old atrocities carried out by rightist regimes only underscores the failure to hold accountable those responsible for these crimes.
Uruguay: On the first-round victory of the Frente Amplio
By Hector Benoit, November 30, 2009
On October 25, José “Pepe” Mujica, a former member of the Tupamaro guerrilla movement and presidential candidate of Uruguay’s ruling Frente Amplio (Broad Front), won by a wide margin over his nearest rival, ex-president Luis Alberto Lacalle.
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