Latin America's second-largest economy will grow between 2 and 2.8 percent this year, the Finance Ministry predicted, lowering its previous forecast of 2.2 to 3.2 percent.
During his brief stay in Costa Rica, Uruguay's ex-President José Mujica (2010-2015) commented on his administration’s experience passing controversial laws, including medical marijuana and gay common-law marriage.
Job hunters increasingly are using social media to find out about about potential employers. But a company’s website is still the main source of information for most of them, a recent study found.
Classes will be suspended at 95 public schools across the country and public hospitals only will attend emergencies and lab tests. Porteadores, or private chauffeurs, will also protest starting at 8 a.m.
Prosecutors accuse the secret police of abducting, torturing and killing Carmelo Soria, an official with the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America who was found dead inside his car in July 1976.
