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Uruguay: Two Plebiscites Fail to Pass

Posted by Mario Blanco on 29/10/2009

On the same day as the Presidential elections in Uruguay, voters did not pass two plebiscites that would have given Uruguayans abroad the right to vote and the annulment of the Law of Expiration.

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Uruguay: Presidential Election Heads for Runoff

Posted by Mario Blanco on 28/10/2009

The Uruguayan President election is heading to a runoff to take place on November 29, as no candidate reached the needed 50% + 1 mark during the first round held on October 25.

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Uruguay: Plebiscite Undermines Justice

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 27/10/2009

(Washington, DC) - Uruguayan voters' rejection of a move to annul the country's amnesty law could hamper efforts to promote justice over crimes committed during the country's military dictatorship (1973-1985), despite recent important rulings to help bring accountability for that era ...

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Uruguay must annul law that protects police and military torture suspects

Posted on 20/10/2009

A law in Uruguay that has allowed the police and military to get away with torture and murder should be annulled, Amnesty International said on Monday, as the country prepares to vote in a referendum on the future of the law. The law -- Ley de Caducidad de la Pretencion Punitiva del Estado, or Exp ...

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Uruguay: The Vote by the Diaspora

Posted by Eduardo Avila on 12/10/2009

Mario Blanco of Asi ta'l mundo, Botija [es] wonders why Uruguayans living abroad have not yet been given the right to vote in elections. He also links to a campaign called Voto x Uruguay that is calling attention to this cause.

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