MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay – The last leader of Uruguay's brutal military dictatorship has died. Gen. Gregorio Alvarez was 91. The Central Hospital of the Armed Forces has confirmed Wednesday's death ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the maw of the military's prison ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — After resolving a tormented debate on its past, Uruguay is again looking forward and is confronting choices on how to build on its comparative well-being in a region of … ...

In this Dec. 3, 2015 photo, Uruguayan journalist Gerardo Bleier, son of Eduardo Bleier, who dissapeared during the Uruguayan dictatorship, is seen at his studio in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Police have arrested former dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry and his foreign minister in connection with four "dirty war" killings dating to 1976, officials said Friday.

In Uruguay's cities and towns, paintings of white daisies, each with a missing petal, have appeared on walls and at windows in recent weeks, in memory of the people who went missing during the ...

Human remains belonging to people who disappeared during Uruguay's 1973-1985 military dictatorship, at an excavation site of the 14th army battalion, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay’s senate debated Tuesday whether to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the 1973-85 dictatorship, with a narrow majority expected to ...

2000 - Commission begins investigating the fate of 160 people who disappeared during the years of military dictatorship. 2002 April - Uruguay breaks diplomatic ties with Cuba, after Cuba accuses it of ...

(Washington, DC) - Uruguay should prosecute and punish those responsible for serious human rights abuses, including enforced disappearances, committed during the military dictatorship, Human ...

From 1973 to 1985, Uruguay's military unleashed a campaign of repression after having largely defeated a guerrilla uprising, disappearing 197 people, according to the government’s count.

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the maw of the military’s prison ...