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The Uruguayan Clásico (Spanish: Clásico del fútbol uruguayo) is the most important rivalry in Uruguayan football and one of the best on the American continent. [1] It is contested between the two most popular football clubs in Uruguay, Club Nacional de Football and Club Atlético Peñarol (formerly known as CURCC), both based in Montevideo.
Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the president is both the head of state and head of government.The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830 (when the first constitution was adopted), with the exception of those who held the office of "President" under the National Council of Government, which served as the country ...
Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou (Latin American Spanish: [ˈlwis laˈkaʝe ˈpow], locally [ˈlwih laˈkaʒe ˈpow,-aʃe-]; born 11 August 1973), is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, who served as the 42nd president of Uruguay from 2020 to 2025.
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (Spanish: [xoˈse muˈxika]; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. [1] A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.
Uruguay is set for a political shift to the center-left as Yamandu Orsi took office on Saturday as the country's next president. Orsi, a 57-year-old former mayor backed by leftist ex-President ...
The presidency of Luis Lacalle Pou began on March 1, 2020 when he was inaugurated as the 42nd president of Uruguay and ended on March 1, 2025. Lacalle Pou, a member of the National Party took office following his victory over the Broad Front nominee Daniel Martínez in the second round of the 2019 general election, which ended the 15-year leftist rule in the country and the return of National ...
Uruguay's former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, widely known as a leftist icon who transformed his small country into one of the most socially liberal in all of Latin America, said ...
Yamandú Ramón Antonio [citation needed] Orsi Martínez [a] (born 13 June 1967) is a Uruguayan politician and history teacher who has been the 43rd president of Uruguay since March 2025. [1] Of Italian descent , he is a member of the left-wing Movement of Popular Participation , a faction of the Broad Front party.