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Infectious diseases such as gonorrhea or chlamydia are often overlooked factors that affect fertility in men. Accumulating evidence suggests that a common single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma ...

Uruguay has become the first country in South America to ban smoking in enclosed public places. The ban came into effect at midnight local time (0300 GMT). Now bars, restaurants or offices where ...

A key figure in Uruguay’s redemocratization, former president Julio María Sanguinetti doesn’t hide the respect he held for José "Pepe" Mujica, who died last week at 89. Despite being ...

Mujica’s greatest innovations came on social issues. During his term, Uruguay became the first country in South America to legalize abortion for the first trimester and the first in the world to ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle ...

In 2009, he ran for president and won with strong support. Under his leadership from 2010 to 2015, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalise the production and sale of marijuana.

(AP Photo/Santiago Mazzarovich) The casket of Uruguay’s former President Jose Mujica is covered in his national and political party flags during funeral ceremonies at the Legislative Palace in ...

Overfishing by foreign vessels is decimating fish stocks in the West African country of Senegal, which is in turn fueling migration to Spain, according to a report released Tuesday. The ...

Rapidly rising through the party ranks, Mujica charmed the country with his low-key way of living and penchant for speaking his mind. In 2005 he entered government with the Broad Front as an ...

Rapidly rising through the party ranks, Mujica charmed the country with his low-key way of living and penchant for speaking his mind. In 2005 he entered government with the Broad Front as an ...