There is growing mystery surrounding the death of a tourist from Argentina who appeared at the bottom of a swimming pool in a rented house in Punta del Este. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

With eight laps before the final, an oil slick mislead Jose Maria “Pechito” Lopez and prevented him from winning the Triple Crown. Emanuel Moriatis (Ford Falcon) won today and is now the champion of the Tourism Road category in what was the last race of the year, at the Speedway Juan and Oscar Galvez.

The television program of Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez, was called off today due to a “slight health issue” that plagues the president, informed the Ministry of Information.

The police managed to arrest two Estudiantes’ hooligans idenified as Daniel la “Araña” Morales and Ariel Evret, as part of the investigations for the murder of Juan Andres Maldonado.

A heavy storm caused havoc in Punta del Este, department of Maldonado and Rocha with wind gusts from 80 to 120 kilometers per hour and heavy rains.