Uruguay’s president-elect Jose Mujica took office today and he is willing to reduce poverty, end homelessness, maintaining the moderate policies of the outgoing government and austerity will be the main slogan.

Hillary Clinton will receive Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on March the 1st, when the US Secretary of State attending the inauguration of Jose Mujica in Uruguay.

Diego Armando Maradona accepted a proposal from the Uruguayan president, Jose Mujica, to participate in a counternarcotics campaign with young Uruguayans.

On Saturday afternoon the president-elect of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, met with the governor of the Argentine province of Entre Rios, Sergio Urribarri, in the resort Iporá Tacuarembo, in the villa “Cachimba” owned by the hospital director of Tacuarembo Hospital, Ciro Ferreira. The meeting lasted for over an hour behind closed doors.

The nephews of environmentalist Juan Veronesi permitted the entrance of some people to Uruguay through his field, which mocked the roadblock on Route 136, which is in place to protest the construction of a pupl plant on the Uruguayan bank of the river.

A couple hammered down a barrier that blocks access through the international bridge, and after attacking the assemblies that were there, managed to go to Fray Bentos.

Simon Fuller, founder of the TV program “Amerian Idol” was vacationing in Punta Del Este when thieves entered his house and stole him early $ 100,000 dollars in jewelry.

An Argentine citizen died after his car tumbled down in the waters of the Carreta Quemada creek , in the district of San José, Uruguay.

Valentin Caset, Argentine, of 19 years old, was in the city of Maldonado, with three friends waiting for the bus that heads to Jose Ignacio. When he tried to cross the street, a Peugeot 206 struck him violently, and died instantly due to the impact.

Uruguayan Alvaro “El Chino” Recoba, 33, will play for Danubio club where he was born as a professional footballer and was greeted by fans as the prodigal son after 15 years of deploying his quality throughout Europe. ‘El Chino’ signed a three season contract.

“I asked (to the future defense minister, Luis Rosadilla) to guide the ceremony so that that day the military parade is cancelled,” the statement is from the new president of Uruguay, Jose “Pepe” Mujica , and he refers to the day when he will assume.

The elected president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica, rejected the idea that a new paper mill with Finnish, Chilean, and Swedish capitals be installed in Fray Bentos, where the controversial Botnia already operates.

Jose Mujica, president-elect of Uruguay, met at the summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), with the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, to “revive the relationship between the two nations.”

While rumours abound as to the romance between the diva and Juan Martin del Potro, her former boyfriend, businessman Jorge Rama, starred in a scandal in Uruguay and was arrested by the police. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

José Mujica, a brash former guerrilla fighter, was elected president of Uruguay on Sunday, further cementing the hold of a leftist government credited with improving economic conditions in one of South America’s smallest countries. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

At 8:59pm Uruguayan Factum polling confirmed that, according to exit polls, the formula Mujica-Astori received more than 50% of votes.

The officialist candidate for the Frente Amplio in Uruguay considered as “great” the attitude taken by Brasil president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about receiving Iran president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in Brazilia.

The newspaper El Observador reported that Miguel Brechner, program director of ‘Ceibal Plan’, which already distributed 350 thousand computers for students in Uruguayan public schools, reported that “the delivery will be extended in early 2010 to middle education institutions.

Uruguay secured its place at the 2010 World Cup with a hard fought win over Costa Rica as tempers boiled over in tempestuous conditions in the second leg in Montevideo.

Argentina and Uruguay will jointly bid to host the 2030 World Cup, which will celebrate the anniversary of the 100 World Cups and it will commemorate the final between the two teams. Apparently FIFA is pleased with the initiative.