Michelle Suarez became the first transgender senator elected to the legislative body in Uruguay on Tuesday. She vows to pass laws that would expand and protect the rights of transgender people in the country. Continue reading
Canada missed a July 1 deadline to leave UN treaties that ban recreational pot. What happens now? Continue reading
The Trudeau government introduced legislation in April with a goal of legalizing and regulating the use of recreational marijuana by July 2018. Continue reading
Uruguay’s navy said it was losing hope of finding any of the 22 crew members alive, but was still continuing the search. Continue reading
Argentine authorities say they seized 7.9 tons of marijuana from a boat on Friday, the biggest seizure of its kind in 2016. Continue reading
Uruguay is home to the world’s first government-regulated national marketplace for pot, so it’s not surprising that growers have a competition for best marijuana. Continue reading
Born blind, Juan Pablo Culasso has never seen a bird. But through his gifted sense of hearing, he can identify more than 3,000 different bird sounds and differentiate more than 720 species. Continue reading
A group of Syrian refugees who were welcomed to Uruguay last year are demanding that authorities let them leave the South American country. Continue reading
Luis Suarez has issued an apology to Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini for biting him during a World Cup match and vowed never to do it again. Continue reading
James Rodriguez scored a stunning long-range volley to give Colombia a 1-0 lead over Uruguay at halftime of their second round game at the World Cup on Saturday. Continue reading
