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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguayans will return to the polls on Sunday for a second round of voting to choose their next ...

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

Uruguay's new president-elect Yamandu Orsi, whose political ambitions were galvanized by his experience growing up in a ...

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 (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 ...