Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by NAVARRO Ruben
On Sunday, November 24, the Frente Amplio won the second round of the presidential elections. The ticket made up of Yamandú Orsi and Carolina Cosse obtained 49.8% of the votes compared to 45.9% for the right-wing National Party .
A clear victory. The coalition-movement, as it is statutorily (…)
, by LESSA Francesca
Argentina has convicted more people for its dictatorship-era crimes than Uruguay has.
Uruguay marks 50 years from the beginning of its coup on June 27. On this day in 1973, President Juan Maria Bordaberry and the armed forces shut down parliament and inaugurated 12 years of state terror (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
Finnish multinational UPM announced on July 23rd that it will install in Uruguay a second pulp mill which will be one of the largest in the world with a production capacity of about 2.33 million tons/year. This megaproject will produce significant environmental, social, and cultural damage. In (…)
, by WACHENDORFER Achim, PADRÓN Álvaro
Uruguay: Building trade union power
A case study by Álvaro Padrón and Achim Wachendorfer
Trade unions in Uruguay enjoy an enviable strength in the Latin American context. The only trade union confederation in the country, the Plenario Intersindical de TrabajadoresConvención Nacional de (…)
, by WACHENDORFER Achim, PADRÓN Álvaro
Abstract
Uruguayan trade unionism is currently experiencing an extraordinary situation, something like a golden era. When the political party alliance Frente Amplio (FA) [Broad Front] took office in 2005, its power resources increased significantly. The FA’s electoral success was also the (…)
, by COHEN-DeGOVIA Guillermo C.
A draft has been approved by Uruguay’s national parliament making it the first South American country to broadly decriminalize abortion, which only exists so far in Cuba, Guyana, Puerto Rico and the Federal District of Mexico.
The Uruguayan President, José Mujica, promulgated this Monday an (…)
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