Category: Uruguay 101

Gay Montevideo

Montevideo is the capital of the friendliest country in South America. Get to know Uruguay’s version of ‘Pride’—known as the Diversity March.

September 8, 2022 8 Comments

…and 5th friendliest in the world, says the Spartacus International Gay Guide. Yep, homosexuality has been legal here for EIGHTY years.

September 8, 2022 No Comments

Despite being ranked #5 active goal scorer in the world, Luis Suárez, returns home to Uruguay to play in his boyhood club of Nacional.

August 5, 2022 No Comments

Despite its pint size population, Uruguay has one of the most successful national teams in footballing history.

July 21, 2022 No Comments

I’ve lived all over the world. Here’s my evaluation based on my experience living and travelling in Uruguay for the last 20+ years.

May 26, 2022 4 Comments

Latin America is associated with Catholicism. As ever Uruguay is the outlier—with complete separation of church and state for over 100 years.

March 23, 2022 4 Comments

The very first woman to vote in Uruguay was a 90 year-old of African descent. She and others decided the fate of a small town in 1927.

March 8, 2022 No Comments

Visitors to Uruguay may soon be able to buy cannabis. The motivation, says the govt, is to remove ‘inequality’ between tourists and citizens.

November 16, 2021 No Comments

Der Spiegel ranked Uruguay’s pandemic response #11 in the world. So what have I been grateful for every day of the pandemic?

October 29, 2021 No Comments

Though barely on the radar to westerners, Argentines have been flocking to Uruguay for decades. So what kind of vacation awaits you?

October 8, 2021 2 Comments

I moved to Uruguay with my family in 2000. These are some of the things that I’ve come to love about life in Uruguay—some big, some trivial.

September 24, 2021 8 Comments

I’m a Brit living in Uruguay. I could be living anywhere but chose life in Uruguay over two decades ago. Time to spill the beans!!

September 24, 2021 22 Comments