Uruguay is set to pioneer the world’s first state owned and operated marijuana dispensaries, The Guardian reports. Starting in July, Uruguayans—who enjoy a socially liberal government—can now legally access up to forty grams of pot a month, at a cost of no more than $1 a gram. To do this, all the government requires…
After spending more than a decade in the notorious detention camp, six Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to Uruguay for resettlement, the Pentagon announced in a statement today.
Uruguay has legalized weed. So go to Uruguay, I guess, to smoke weed, legally. It's pretty far away though.
I'm ashamed to say that I was completely unfamiliar with the exploits of Jose Mujica, the onetime guerilla fighter who has been president of Uruguay since 2010. (So this is not "news" per se, but education is power.) Having been brought up to date by an excellent Simon Romero story on Mr. Mujica this weekend, we are…
At work, Mark Zuckerberg is the one trying, and often failing, to meet the demands of his 800 million users. But on vacation in Uruguay for eight days, the Facebook CEO gets to be the one issuing requests. And he's a rather insane customer.
Today in Uruguay delegates from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control recommended placing a restriction, or possibly a ban, on flavored cigarettes that are super fun to smoke! Tobacco lobbyists are worried about job losses. We all lose.
The World Cup now enters its Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome phase. We began with a thriving civilization of 31 proud soccer nations (plus France). Only four battle-hardened survivors remain to spar over scarce resources in an unforgiving environment.
Uruguay and Ghana are currently tied in their World Cup quarterfinal match. Which is exciting, and all, but check out this Uruguayan defender's bone crunching tumble in slo-mo. How did his neck not snap like a brittle vuvuzela?
The Netherlands beat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup quarterfinals. At 2:30: Ghana vs. Uruguay.
The World Cup soccer games started today in South Africa and the whole world (minus America) is all excited. We've already looked at the sexy players, but what about those crazy football fans? They sure are... something!
75 year-old Uruguayan president Jose Mujica says his only asset is a 1987 VW Beetle, worth $1879. His farm is in his wife's name, and he donates his salary. Clearly, this man's a tool of the pre-owned VW Beetle industry.
