Category: Society, Progressive

Uruguay has gay friendly business certification

“Businesses welcome guidance around what’s appropriate and respectful.” Uruguay certified the first officially gay friendly market in Latin America.

March 7, 2018 No Comments

Can foreigners buy marijuana in Uruguay?

Weed is legal in Uruguay but as a non-resident you won’t be able to buy cannabis. But you can receive gifts & smoke in public.

July 19, 2017 28 Comments

The Montevideo Marijuana Museum

The Cannabis Museum puts the country’s ground-breaking legislation in context and explains, why for Uruguayans, it’s not as radical as you might think.

December 9, 2016 1 Comment

I love Montevideo - candombe troupe - by Jimmy Baikovicius

Why we love Montevideo

Montevideo is often overshadowed by Buenos Aires. Three well-travelled bloggers tell what made them fall in love with South America’s off-the-radar capital.

May 30, 2016 9 Comments

Uruguay tops the Americas Social Inclusion Index—again

For the third year running, Uruguay ranks at the top of the fourth annual 2015 Americas Quarterly Social Inclusion Index, beating the USA into second place.

September 11, 2015 1 Comment

Uruguay president gives hitch-hiker a ride

President picks up hitch-hiker—only in Uruguay. Once again President Pepe Mujica proves that he is made of different stuff from other world leaders.

January 16, 2015 No Comments

Alejandro Zaffaroni - inventor of the Pill

Uruguayans invented the mammogram and the birth control pill

As 10% of all women get breast cancer, the mammogram is arguably among the most important techniques of the last century in advancing women’s health.

March 12, 2014 3 Comments

Uruguay is the best countreeee—Joke becomes national hit

Uruguay turned a national in-joke into an international tourism campaign. Do you think it works?

November 28, 2013 3 Comments

Even the buses have free wifi!

It’s really, really easy to get online in Uruguay. In fact, Uruguay is the only country in the world to completely implement One Laptop Per Child.

November 25, 2013 8 Comments