A Narrow Frente Amplio Victory in Uruguay

A Narrow Frente Amplio Victory in Uruguay

A former teacher and provincial mayor won a close runoff vote in Uruguay, signaling a return to the social welfare ...
From Police Reform to Police Repression: 50 Years after an Assassination

From Police Reform to Police Repression: 50 Years after an Assassination

The 1970 murder of a U.S. police advisor in Uruguay offers lessons for police reform debates today ...
Reclamando los Espacios Vacíos de Montevideo

Reclamando los Espacios Vacíos de Montevideo

Iniciativas de planificación urbana colaborativa promovidas por movimientos de vivienda y el gobierno local en la capital de Uruguay ofrecen ...
Eduardo Galeano, Latin America's Social Justice Laureate

Eduardo Galeano, Latin America’s Social Justice Laureate

Eduardo Galeano had a unique ability to inspire, to comfort, or to enrage us against the power elites—or, alternatively, to ...
Affirmative Action in Uruguay Tests Government Commitment to Race

Affirmative Action in Uruguay Tests Government Commitment to Race

It has been a year since Uruguay passed an affirmative action law to help repair its historical racism. But where ...
Pioneering Cannabis Regulation in Uruguay

Pioneering Cannabis Regulation in Uruguay

In 2013, Uruguay was the first nation in the world to legalize marijuana—not through ballot initiatives, but through deliberations within ...
Conservatives in Uruguay Want to Put More Youth in Prison. Civil Society is Saying No.

Conservatives in Uruguay Want to Put More Youth in Prison. Civil Society is Saying No.

The "No a la baja" campaign in Uruguay protests a new law coming to vote that would lower the age ...
Dangerous Liaisons: Latin American Feminists and the Left

Dangerous Liaisons: Latin American Feminists and the Left

Leftist politics has always had a complex relationship with women’s struggles, one that many times translates into political exploitation and ...
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