Montevideo Uruguay

"With its population of 1.3 million people, Montevideo is home to nearly half of Uruguays population. The relatively small capital is the nations only major city, yet visitors do not come here in search of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis. Montevideanos themselves travel to Buenos Aires and São Paulo when they crave big-city excitement. As Uruguays cultural, political and economic center, the city boasts a good number of monuments, museums and impressive architecture. There are sidewalk cafés, fine restaurants, chic shops, casinos and miles of clean beaches.
For such a small country, Uruguay boasts an astonishing literary and artistic tradition. Theater is a popular medium and playwrights are very prominent. Uruguayan artists such as Pedro Figari have earned recognition well beyond the countrys border. The tango is nearly as popular here as in Argentina. Afro-Uruguayan Candomblé music and dance add a unique dimension.

Historically, the major and most productive part of the Uruguayan economy has been the pastoral sector. Cattle and sheep estancias occupy more than three-quarters of the land, providing grazing ground for over nine million cattle and twenty-three million sheep. Once the gauchos subsisted on wild cattle, but with time the establishment of estancias pushed the cattle back into the interior.

Montevideo Uruguay News

Authorities meet to draw up joint water preservation plan - Regional (Business News Americas)
Regional authorities will meet in Montevideo next week to discuss the sustainability of the continent's hydrological resources in an effort to draw up a joint water preservation plan, an official from Uruguay's Unesco office told BNamericas.

Football / 2010 World Cup qualifer: Dunga under pressure ahead of Chile match (The New Straits Times)
Dunga is under fire for Brazilâ€™s poor performances. MONTEVIDEO: Brazil's failure to capture gold at the Olympics, and worse, losing to Argentina on the way, has put coach Dunga under yet more pressure for their World Cup qualifer in Chile tomorrow.

Pressure on Dunga (The Star)
MONTEVIDEO: Brazilâ€™s failure to capture gold at the Olympics, and worse, losing to Argentina on the way, has put coach Dunga under yet more pressure for their World Cup qualifer in Chile tomorrow.

Latinbeat fest honors Jacobo Morales, Chile (New York Daily News)
The topic of state-sponsored repression from Uruguay to Puerto Rico runs through a selection of films in this years Latinbeat festival at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Soon-to-be-citizen approaching her dream (The Beacon News)
Maria Cabrera's eyes water when she talks about becoming an American citizen, because it means that much to the single mom with two grown daughters. Born in Uruguay in southern South America, Cabrera, 52, immigrated to the United States as a teenager.

Taking the Waters in Uruguayâ€™s Gaucho Corner (New York Times)
At GuaviyÃº, the regional government maintains reasonable prices at the hot springs.

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