<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - Raul O. Garces's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://ap-1005598.newsvine.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:13:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 22:46:56 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Uruguay to pay $513,000 settlement in rights case</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay's president has approved a $513,000 payment to Macarena Gelman, who was illegally adopted during the dictatorship after her mother was tortured and disappeared.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/24/10227597-uruguay-to-pay-513000-settlement-in-rights-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/01/24/10227597-uruguay-to-pay-513000-settlement-in-rights-case</guid><category>settlement</category><category>rights</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:45:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Mercosur leaders push to bring Venezuela into bloc</title>
<description><![CDATA[South America's Mercosur trade bloc approved a Palestinian free trade deal Tuesday and then pushed to admit Venezuela as a full member, even at the cost of threatening its founding principles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9589271-mercosur-leaders-push-to-bring-venezuela-into-bloc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9589271-mercosur-leaders-push-to-bring-venezuela-into-bloc</guid><category>summit</category><category>south-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>mercosur</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:34:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/669cd59a-70b4-4219-89cd-4fa867031cb9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="368" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/669cd59a-70b4-4219-89cd-4fa867031cb9.jpg" width="120" height="167" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez waves as he arrives at the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay,Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Mercosur is a regional trade block formed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil. The block has Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela as associated states.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/743787fd-9241-4f54-ad3b-4dbbc412016a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="351" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/743787fd-9241-4f54-ad3b-4dbbc412016a.jpg" width="120" height="106" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, gestures next to Uruguay's President Jose Mujica before the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay,Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Mercosur is a regional trade block formed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil. The block has Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela as associated states.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/acb0c18f-62bb-4b3a-b5f4-d13054f43c89.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="335" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/acb0c18f-62bb-4b3a-b5f4-d13054f43c89.jpg" width="120" height="183" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ecuador's President  Rafael Correa gestures before the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay,Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Mercosur is a regional trade block formed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil. The block has Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela as associated states.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/466a0d3c-9fd8-412d-abd0-5af69cf6a678.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="346" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/466a0d3c-9fd8-412d-abd0-5af69cf6a678.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff waves before the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay,Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Mercosur is a regional trade block formed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil. The block has Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela as associated states.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/176896ed-e97d-44fb-822d-5fb4f6469a6e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="509" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/176896ed-e97d-44fb-822d-5fb4f6469a6e.jpg" width="120" height="153" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez gestures before the Mercosur summit in Montevideo, Uruguay,Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Mercosur is a regional trade block formed by Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Brazil. The block has Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela as associated states.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mercosur approves Palestinian free trade deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Mercosur trade group of four South American nations has signed a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9588820-mercosur-approves-palestinian-free-trade-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/20/9588820-mercosur-approves-palestinian-free-trade-deal</guid><category>palestinians</category><category>gaza-strip</category><category>west-bank</category><category>palestinian-authority</category><category>south-american</category><category>world-news</category><category>mercosur</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:05:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Remains of dictatorship victim found in Uruguay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Officials from the Uruguayan president's office say the latest set of remains uncovered at a military installation are those of a teacher who disappeared in 1977.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9143478-remains-of-dictatorship-victim-found-in-uruguay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/01/9143478-remains-of-dictatorship-victim-found-in-uruguay</guid><category>dirty</category><category>war</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 17:37:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uruguayan peacekeepers jailed on return from Haiti</title>
<description><![CDATA[A military judge ordered five Uruguayan sailors accused of sexually abusing a young Haitian man jailed until a tribunal decides whether to dishonorably discharge them, a spokeswoman said Monday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7841538-uruguayan-peacekeepers-jailed-on-return-from-haiti</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7841538-uruguayan-peacekeepers-jailed-on-return-from-haiti</guid><category>haiti</category><category>un</category><category>investigation</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:44:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Party all night: Uruguay welcomes champions home</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay partied through the night, its champion soccer team home from the Copa America.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7160728-party-all-night-uruguay-welcomes-champions-home</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7160728-party-all-night-uruguay-welcomes-champions-home</guid><category>sports</category><category>soccer</category><category>uruguay</category><category>celebrates</category><category>copa-america</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 16:16:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8b7f2da9-8470-4ca7-adb1-2906f2a87117.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="264" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8b7f2da9-8470-4ca7-adb1-2906f2a87117.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uruguay's Diego Perez kisses the trophy as the team celebrates in the Centenario Stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay Monday July 25, 2011. Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time after beating Paraguay 3-0 in Argentina Sunday. (AP Photo/Andres Cuenca)  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3798c258-f8be-431b-92ed-702f0462ee85.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3798c258-f8be-431b-92ed-702f0462ee85.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Soccer fans gather to celebrate after Uruguay defeated Paraguay in the Copa America final soccer match, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday July 24, 2011. Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time after beating Paraguay 3-0 with two goals scored by Forlan and one by Luis Suarez. (AP Photo/Andres Cuenca)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c17175b8-b61c-490f-a502-4274bf9ff46b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c17175b8-b61c-490f-a502-4274bf9ff46b.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Soccer fans celebrate after Uruguay defeated Paraguay in the Copa America 2011 final soccer match, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday July 24, 2011. Uruguay won the Copa America for a record 15th time after beating Paraguay 3-0 with two goals scored by Forlan and one by Luis Suarez. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uruguay's Congress upholds military amnesty</title>
<description><![CDATA[A proposal to annul an amnesty for officials of Uruguay's former dictatorship fell one vote short in the country's Congress on Friday after a bitter debate that reopened divisions from the 1973-85 military government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6670886-uruguays-congress-upholds-military-amnesty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/18/6670886-uruguays-congress-upholds-military-amnesty</guid><category>amnesty</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 00:18:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ff43e8d0-0cba-4305-9cbb-e22d4a880fa7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ff43e8d0-0cba-4305-9cbb-e22d4a880fa7.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, right, delivers a speech during an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a low chamber meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/11f9502f-1180-4397-a2fc-735bb2b43fee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/11f9502f-1180-4397-a2fc-735bb2b43fee.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uruguay's President Jose Mujica greets supporters during an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/54e4c08f-e002-4f23-8276-0309ea26cd71.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/54e4c08f-e002-4f23-8276-0309ea26cd71.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Demonstrators hold up signs with images of people missing during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship during an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship. The banner reads in Spanish &quot;Where are they?&quot;  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d65d4151-0ba8-4c83-80ec-c06be9033b1b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d65d4151-0ba8-4c83-80ec-c06be9033b1b.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People, some of them wearing Uruguayan traditional clothes, attend an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a8028b8a-5ad1-4089-b602-4b30c760801d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a8028b8a-5ad1-4089-b602-4b30c760801d.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actors perform during an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5abb19f8-360a-4851-8e4e-5466147d8995.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5abb19f8-360a-4851-8e4e-5466147d8995.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A dog stands in front of a military band during an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/12753345-be1e-4a8f-99d2-2914dc4d8a2f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/12753345-be1e-4a8f-99d2-2914dc4d8a2f.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Actors perform during an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ac035f04-e97b-408e-8d82-6b8991cc9303.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ac035f04-e97b-408e-8d82-6b8991cc9303.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, left, accompanied by his wife, Lucia Topolansky, attends an event marking the bicentennial of the Battle of Las Piedras in Las Piedras, outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The Battle of Las Piedras, a city some 15 miles, about 25 kilometers, north of the capital city Montevideo, was fought on May 18, 1811 as part of the Uruguayan struggle for independence. The celebration was hold a day before a Chamber of Deputies meeting to discuss overturning an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship.  (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9befdae-c794-4b49-bebf-058f1ddfda3d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9befdae-c794-4b49-bebf-058f1ddfda3d.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People, holding up signs that reads in Spanish &quot;Annul the amnesty right now!!,&quot; demonstrate in front of the Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, May 19, 2011. The Chamber of Deputies is discussing a law to overturn an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/486b5244-84eb-448b-be8f-0f3ad6de7570.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/486b5244-84eb-448b-be8f-0f3ad6de7570.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man, holding up a sign that reads in Spanish &quot;Annul the amnesty right now!!,&quot; demonstrates in front of the Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, May 19, 2011. The Chamber of Deputies is discussing a law to overturn an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a9531efa-26c1-4918-bb3f-96d7234dbacd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a9531efa-26c1-4918-bb3f-96d7234dbacd.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deputies attend a session of the Low Chamber at the Uruguayan Parliament in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, May 19, 2011. The Chamber of Deputies is discussing a law to overturn an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0b22eccd-b8c4-4c5d-9c8f-326c0b9b0e9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0b22eccd-b8c4-4c5d-9c8f-326c0b9b0e9f.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People demonstrate in front of the Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, May 19, 2011. The Chamber of Deputies is discussing a law to overturn an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uruguay senate passes amnesty end for junta crimes</title>
<description><![CDATA[A closely divided senate has passed legislation to overturn an amnesty for human rights crimes by the military during Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship, moving to overrule voters who upheld the law twice.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6461083-uruguay-senate-passes-amnesty-end-for-junta-crimes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6461083-uruguay-senate-passes-amnesty-end-for-junta-crimes</guid><category>amnesty</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:52:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9502c13d-54fa-429f-a608-27f01b1377f9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9502c13d-54fa-429f-a608-27f01b1377f9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica attends a press conference at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru. Uruguay's senate is expected on Tuesday April 12, 2011 to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the 1973-85 dictatorship. The 75-year-old Mujica, who as a Tupamaro guerrilla leader survived imprisonment during the 12-year dictatorship when more than 100 political prisoners died behind bars, was elected president with a clear majority in 2009. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uruguay removing amnesty for dictatorship crimes</title>
<description><![CDATA[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 overrule voters who upheld the law in two referendums.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6458546-uruguay-removing-amnesty-for-dictatorship-crimes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6458546-uruguay-removing-amnesty-for-dictatorship-crimes</guid><category>amnesty</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:50:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9502c13d-54fa-429f-a608-27f01b1377f9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9502c13d-54fa-429f-a608-27f01b1377f9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica attends a press conference at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru. Uruguay's senate is expected on Tuesday April 12, 2011 to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the 1973-85 dictatorship. The 75-year-old Mujica, who as a Tupamaro guerrilla leader survived imprisonment during the 12-year dictatorship when more than 100 political prisoners died behind bars, was elected president with a clear majority in 2009. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uruguay removing amnesty for dictatorship crimes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay's senate is expected on Tuesday to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the 1973-85 dictatorship, overturning the view of voters who upheld the law in two referendums.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6455493-uruguay-removing-amnesty-for-dictatorship-crimes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/12/6455493-uruguay-removing-amnesty-for-dictatorship-crimes</guid><category>amnesty</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:31:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9502c13d-54fa-429f-a608-27f01b1377f9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9502c13d-54fa-429f-a608-27f01b1377f9.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2011 file photo, Uruguay's President Jose Mujica attends a press conference at the presidential palace in Lima, Peru. Uruguay's senate is expected on Tuesday April 12, 2011 to annul an amnesty for crimes against humanity committed during the 1973-85 dictatorship. The 75-year-old Mujica, who as a Tupamaro guerrilla leader survived imprisonment during the 12-year dictatorship when more than 100 political prisoners died behind bars, was elected president with a clear majority in 2009. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Health group urges restrict flavored cigarettes</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a major blow to the tobacco industry, public health officials from around the world agreed Saturday to recommend restricting or banning flavor additives that make cigarettes more attractive to new smokers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5496700-health-group-urges-restrict-flavored-cigarettes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/19/5496700-health-group-urges-restrict-flavored-cigarettes</guid><category>business</category><category>tobacco</category><category>health</category><category>uruguay</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:48:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/86c4b7af-373e-4288-901f-1bc494452f07.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/86c4b7af-373e-4288-901f-1bc494452f07.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man holds a cigarette and a pack with a picture of a cancer patient printed on it at a street in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday Nov. 15, 2010. Philip Morris International Inc., the world's second-biggest cigarette company, is pursuing a claim before World Bank arbitrators alleging that Uruguay is violating its trade agreement by requiring that anti-smoking warnings cover 80 percent of cigarette packages. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a0066913-4b9e-45d6-b40c-4c2f9051dc76.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="257" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a0066913-4b9e-45d6-b40c-4c2f9051dc76.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A couple walk through an anti-tobacco installation set up by the Uruguay's Resources National Fund, depicting cigarettes' harmful components, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. Philip Morris International Inc., the world's second-biggest cigarette company, is pursuing a claim before World Bank arbitrators alleging that Uruguay is violating its trade agreement by requiring that anti-smoking warnings cover 80 percent of cigarette packages. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1facf9ca-0999-43e0-9c74-4c57d75e363b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1facf9ca-0999-43e0-9c74-4c57d75e363b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Tobacco boxes and cigar packages are covered in warnings in a store in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday Nov. 19, 2010.  The warnings read &quot;Do you know what you're smoking?,&quot; bottom left, and &quot;Smoking, one can die,&quot; right and top left.  Backed by governments and anti-tobacco campaigners, Uruguay is battling to defend its model anti-smoking policies from challenges by the world's second-largest tobacco company, Philip Morris International. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f5ce17a6-0d20-4467-9abe-28b53efc46fd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5ce17a6-0d20-4467-9abe-28b53efc46fd.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A no smoking sign hangs on a restaurant's window in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday Nov. 19, 2010. Backed by governments and anti-tobacco campaigners, Uruguay is battling to defend its model anti-smoking policies from challenges by the world's second-largest tobacco company, Philip Morris International. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/324f9b7d-6fab-4305-af06-e462406e6c18.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="249" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/324f9b7d-6fab-4305-af06-e462406e6c18.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Olesker, left, and Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Almagro attend a press conference in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday Nov. 19, 2010.   Backed by governments and anti-tobacco campaigners, Uruguay is battling to defend its model anti-smoking policies from challenges by the world's second-largest tobacco company, Philip Morris International. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Active Uruguayan general imprisoned in 1974 murder</title>
<description><![CDATA[A general was convicted of murder and sent to prison Monday, becoming the first active member of Uruguay's military to be jailed for human rights violations committed during the country's 1973-85 dictatorship.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/08/5431142-active-uruguayan-general-imprisoned-in-1974-murder</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/08/5431142-active-uruguayan-general-imprisoned-in-1974-murder</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Nov 2010 23:12:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nixon urged death threats to Uruguayan prisoners</title>
<description><![CDATA[Long-secret diplomatic cables show President Richard Nixon wanted the Uruguayan government to threaten to kill leftist prisoners in an attempt to save the life of a kidnapped U.S. agent 40 years ago this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/13/4878676-nixon-urged-death-threats-to-uruguayan-prisoners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/13/4878676-nixon-urged-death-threats-to-uruguayan-prisoners</guid><category>uruguay</category><category>nixon</category><category>papers</category><category>world-news</category><category>richard-nixon</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:40:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28edf121-455b-49d6-b51d-831a0b0751f7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="489" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28edf121-455b-49d6-b51d-831a0b0751f7.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;File - This is an undated handout photo of Dan A. Mitrione, a public safety officer at the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay, who was kidnapped in 1970. Long-secret diplomatic cables show President Richard Nixon wanted the Uruguayan government to threaten to kill leftist prisoners in an attempt to save the life of the kidnapped U.S. agent 40 years ago this week. The National Security Archive, published the papers Wednesday Aug. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/HO)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>12 inmates die in Uruguay prison fire</title>
<description><![CDATA[Twelve inmates burned to death in an overcrowded prison on Thursday, just as Uruguay's congress is debating a law to put the army in charge of prison security and relieve the pressure on civilian prisons by moving some inmates into military installations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4639027-12-inmates-die-in-uruguay-prison-fire</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/08/4639027-12-inmates-die-in-uruguay-prison-fire</guid><category>fire</category><category>uruguay</category><category>prison</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 8 Jul 2010 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Nestor Kirchner to head South American bloc</title>
<description><![CDATA[The leaders of South America named former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner as their secretary-general on Tuesday, setting aside their differences in hopes that the 12-nation Unasur group can consolidate into a regional force for unity, development and democracy-building.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/04/4240860-nestor-kirchner-to-head-south-american-bloc</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/04/4240860-nestor-kirchner-to-head-south-american-bloc</guid><category>argentina</category><category>south-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>nestor-kirchner</category><category>lt</category><category>unasur</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 May 2010 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a18ca199-4804-44e0-8d2a-3443f1a9854f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a18ca199-4804-44e0-8d2a-3443f1a9854f.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, second from right, laughs as he talks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, as they walk with Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, second from left, and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, partially covered left, upon arrival to attend the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e19c266a-0036-45a6-8d75-c5392e6875a9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e19c266a-0036-45a6-8d75-c5392e6875a9.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, left, greets Chile's President Sebastian Pinera as Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, far right, looks on as they arrive for the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/62284e52-00f0-481c-9868-2b966cf03329.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/62284e52-00f0-481c-9868-2b966cf03329.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, talks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez as they arrive for the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6828c9d6-cd3e-4bd5-be6f-2b850e1ad087.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6828c9d6-cd3e-4bd5-be6f-2b850e1ad087.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, second from right, speaks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, as they walk with Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, second from left, and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera upon arrival to attend the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/58f0f9ee-48c6-4dc7-98e7-5bb807dfbded.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/58f0f9ee-48c6-4dc7-98e7-5bb807dfbded.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, left, and Uruguay's President Jose Mujica arrive for the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Di Baia)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/93941d69-fd1b-43b3-875d-db60d632d338.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93941d69-fd1b-43b3-875d-db60d632d338.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, and Chile's President Sebastian Pinera attend the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8f6bd1f8-79f5-4796-aad8-3b1a6a809bc4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8f6bd1f8-79f5-4796-aad8-3b1a6a809bc4.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, talks with his Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro at the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) summit in Los Cardales, Argentina, Tuesday, May 4, 2010.  (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mujica headed for presidential victory in Uruguay</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay's likely next president tried to lead an armed revolution as a young man, hiding in sewers, killing a police officer and twice escaping prison through elaborately dug tunnels.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/26/3549845-mujica-headed-for-presidential-victory-in-uruguay</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/26/3549845-mujica-headed-for-presidential-victory-in-uruguay</guid><category>election</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:46:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c5f97d84-8ba1-4777-b872-dcdccde523b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c5f97d84-8ba1-4777-b872-dcdccde523b3.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man passes by a billboard of Jose &quot;Pepe&quot; Mujica, right, presidential candidate of Uruguay's ruling party Frente Amplio, and his running mate Danilo Astori in Montevideo, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Uruguayans will choose their next president in a Nov. 29 runoff between Mujica and  Luis Alberto Lacalle, of the National Party. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f0c6453-cb84-464c-87e3-44a1318ee4e9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="359" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f0c6453-cb84-464c-87e3-44a1318ee4e9.jpg" width="120" height="171" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Luis Alberto Lacalle, Uruguay's presidential candidate of the National Party, delivers a speech during a rally in Montevideo, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Uruguayans will choose their next leader in a Nov. 29 runoff between Lacalle and Jose Mujica, of the coalition Frente Amplio. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3916abb9-fdb2-4429-b3a7-40ac579c0d7a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3916abb9-fdb2-4429-b3a7-40ac579c0d7a.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man in a bike passes by a billboard of Jose &quot;Pepe&quot; Mujica, right, presidential candidate of Uruguay's ruling party Frente Amplio, and his running mate Danilo Astori in Montevideo, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Uruguayans will choose their next president in a Nov. 29 runoff between Mujica and  Luis Alberto Lacalle, of the National Party. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c3e7595b-e5e5-41a2-9f3a-dec2a20eab8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c3e7595b-e5e5-41a2-9f3a-dec2a20eab8b.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Luis Alberto Lacalle, Uruguay's presidential candidate,  of the National Party, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Montevideo, Tuesday  Nov. 24, 2009. Uruguayans will choose their next president in a Nov. 29 runoff between Jose Mujica of the coalition Frente Amplio and  Lacalle. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Last Uruguayan dictator sentenced to 25 years</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay's last dictator, Gregorio Alvarez, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for 37 homicides during the nation's 1973-1985 military regime, when dissidents disappeared in a region-wide crackdown on leftists called "Operation Condor."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/22/3413757-last-uruguayan-dictator-sentenced-to-25-years</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/22/3413757-last-uruguayan-dictator-sentenced-to-25-years</guid><category>dictator</category><category>ex</category><category>uruguay</category><category>south-america</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:52:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ec80a440-f7cd-4e55-9fc0-80b9fb7216c4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="388" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec80a440-f7cd-4e55-9fc0-80b9fb7216c4.jpg" width="120" height="158" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, former Uruguayan dictator Gregorio Alvarez shows his handcuffs to the media outside a court in Montevideo. Uruguay's last dictator, Gregorio Alvarez, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday for 37 homicides during the nation's 1973-1985 military regime, when dissidents disappeared in a region-wide crackdown on leftists called &quot;Operation Condor.&quot; (AP Photo/Fito Mendez, File)   URUGUAY OUT - NO USAR EN URUGUAY&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uruguay Supreme Court rules out dirty war amnesty</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay's Supreme Court on Monday declared unconstitutional a law that has provided amnesty to military officials accused of murders, disappearances and other human rights violations during the country's dictatorship.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3399388-uruguay-supreme-court-rules-out-dirty-war-amnesty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/19/3399388-uruguay-supreme-court-rules-out-dirty-war-amnesty</guid><category>uruguay</category><category>law</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><category>amnesty-law</category><category>uruguay-supreme-court</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:21:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a25c841c-58b1-429c-9530-4a470393019f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a25c841c-58b1-429c-9530-4a470393019f.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A man rides his motorcycle next to a graffiti supporting Jose &quot;Pepe&quot; Mujica, presidential candidate for Uruguay's ruling party Frente Amplio in Montevideo,  Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Uruguay's general elections will be held Oct. 25. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Uruguay law may not enable gay adoptions after all</title>
<description><![CDATA[A closer reading of an adoptions law promoted by Uruguay's gay rights groups suggests it might not enable adoptions by gay and lesbian couples after all.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/15/3272373-uruguay-law-may-not-enable-gay-adoptions-after-all</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/15/3272373-uruguay-law-may-not-enable-gay-adoptions-after-all</guid><category>gay</category><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>adoptions</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:29:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uruguay Senate OKs millions for dirty war victims</title>
<description><![CDATA[Uruguay's ruling party wants to pay $17.4 million in reparations to victims of state oppression during its dictatorship.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/13/3150818-uruguay-senate-oks-millions-for-dirty-war-victims</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/13/3150818-uruguay-senate-oks-millions-for-dirty-war-victims</guid><category>uruguay</category><category>world-news</category><category>dirty-war</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:22:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uruguay: Ex-dictator's son says quit Mercosur</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former dictator's son who's running for president suggested Thursday that Uruguay should give up on the Mercosur trade bloc and follow the Chilean model of establishing bilateral trade deals with as many countries as it can.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raul O. Garces]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/06/3129729-uruguay-ex-dictators-son-says-quit-mercosur</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/06/3129729-uruguay-ex-dictators-son-says-quit-mercosur</guid><category>uruguay</category><category>son</category><category>world-news</category><category>lt</category><category>dictator-son</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:54:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>
