News Uruguay Justice: Commission defends Mercosur trade deal
EU commissioners defended a far-reaching free trade agreement between the EU and four Latin American countries, against critics who fear it will damage European farmers' livelihoods and the global environment.
News Uruguay Justice: Should cannabis be legalised in the UK?
Canada became the second country, after Uruguay, to legalise cannabis for recreational purposes ... He says that legalisation can reduce pressure on the police and the criminal justice system. Lammy ...
News Uruguay Justice: Finland's UPM to go ahead with $3 bn pulp plant in Uruguay
... was highly contentious because it is located on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, which sued over the potential fallout to the waterway. The International Court of Justice ...
News Uruguay Justice: Agriculture Minister says Mercosur trade agreement "not a done deal"
The free trade deal between the EU, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay is the largest Europe has ever signed – covering a population of 780 million people. The plan, which will allow the South ...
News Uruguay Justice: The Cannabis Debate: What’s the way forward on cannabis reform? Our experts give their verdict
criminal justice practitioners and political thinkers say is the best way forward on cannabis? Do any of the legalisation models we have reported on so far in our investigation into cannabis reform — ...
News Uruguay Justice: 'Ndrangheta boss breaks out of jail in Uruguay
Morabito, 53, was awaiting extradition to Italy after being arrested in a Montevideo hotel in 2017. He had been a fugitive from Italian justice for 23 years. In March a court approved his extradition ...
News Uruguay Justice: Can Economic Pressure Curb Jair Bolsonaro's Anti-Indigenous Agenda?
The letter comes just days, perhaps hours, before the European Union is expected to announce the completion of a long-awaited trade deal with Mercosur, South America's trade bloc, which includes ...
News Uruguay Justice: Jail-break 'Ndrangheta boss 'has left Uruguay' - media
An 'Ndrangheta boss who broke out of a Montevideo jail two days ago has probably left Uruguay for Brazil, the online edition of Uruguayan newspaper El Observador said Wednesday citing police sources. © ANSA
News Uruguay Justice: 2019 Presidential Elections: Could Uruguay Surprise Us?
I will focus on Uruguay, one of only three Latin American countries that, in the World Justice Project rankings, gets a passing grade in rule of law and lack of corruption (the other two being Chile ...
News Uruguay Justice: Editorial: Decriminalize marijuana, don't legalize
Last October, Canada became just the second nation to legalize recreational marijuana use, joining Uruguay ... penalty is a matter of simple social justice. Arrests for marijuana possession ...
News Uruguay Justice: A Non-Violent Cannabis Offender Was Released After a Record 39 Years in Prison for Pot
You might think that this overdue restorative justice would also include freeing prisoners with ... He refused and was jailed—twice—before moving to Uruguay, where he was trained by the CIA to be a ...
News Uruguay Justice: Gap years aren't cheap, but the value is real
Hiking 500 miles of the Camino de Santiago, living with a host family outside of Warsaw while learning Polish, doing a 4-month service program in Uruguay, and taking photography ... Association and ...
