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Pope Leo XIV plays with a child as he arrives at the square outside the Cathedral Basilica of Florida, Uruguay, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, to preside over Mass on the third day of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope wraps up Uruguay visit and heads to most fraught stop of his tour in Milei’s Argentina

By Nicole Winfield and Nayara Batscke and Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Parque Paris Londres in Paysandu, Uruguay, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello

An estimated 40,000 pour into a park in Uruguay for Pope Leo’s first Mass in South America

By Isabel De Bre and Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV departs from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino, near Rome, for Montevideo, Uruguay, at the start of his twelve-day apostolic journey to South America, Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

After cancer surgery, Pope Leo embarks on Latin America trip with a first stop in secular Uruguay

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - Deforestation from illegal mining is visible in the Tambopata National Reserve in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Guadalupe Pardo, File)

Peru faces human rights court over protections for isolated Indigenous peoples in Amazon

By Steven Grattan - Associated Press

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva kisses Lucia Topolansky, widow of former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, during funeral ceremonies for the late leader at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Latin America’s leftist leaders remember Uruguay’s ‘Pepe’ Mujica as generous, charismatic leader

By Nayara Batschke - Associated Press

FILE - Uruguay President-elect Yamandu Orsi attends a press conference after meeting with current President Luis Lacalle Pou in Montevideo, Uruguay, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)

Uruguay’s president-elect won’t live in 3-story presidential palace, like Jose Mujica

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Family members of soccer player Juan Izquierdo stand by his coffin during a wake at his Nacional soccer club in Montevideo, Uruguay, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. Izquierdo died at a Brazilian hospital after collapsing on Aug. 22 during a Copa Libertadores soccer match between Nacional and Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Thousands attend public wake of Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo

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Sam Shankland snares third chess title in a row

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Feb. 10, 2006 file photo, workers salvage the eagle from the World War II German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, in Montevideo, Uruguay. Controversy has swirled around the eagle ever since it was recovered and now a battle has broken out over its fate. Suggestions have ranged from exhibiting or auctioning the Third Reich symbol, to keeping it hidden or even destroying it. (AP Photo/Marcelo Hernandez, File)

A Nazi eagle inflames a heated debate in Uruguay

By LEONARDO HABERKORN - Associated Press

This picture taken March 13, 2016, shows grilled vegetables as served at El Palenque, one of the parillas, or grill restaurants, in Montevideo's Mercardo del Puerto, a popular place for lunch. Montevideo may not be as well known to travelers as some other Latin American destinations but there is plenty to see and do in this friendly, laid-back city, from beach strolls to late-night dinners. (Michelle Locke via AP)

Travel: The best of Montevideo, Uruguay

By Michelle Locke

Uruguay’s Luis Suarez recovering ahead of WCup

By LEONARDO HABERKORN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2013,file photo, Marcelo Vazquez, a marijuana grower, checks the leaves of his marijuana plants for fungus, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay. Uruguay’s drug czar Julio Calzada told The Associated Press on Tuesday April 8, 2014, that any inmates with doctors’ orders will be prescribed marijuana to their improve physical or mental health. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File)

Uruguay to give medicinal marijuana to prisoners

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