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Luis Suarez: Dealing With a Cannibal

Jim Smallman | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Read More: Football Association, Branislav Ivanovic, Mike Tyson, Liverpool, Biting, Manchester United, Fa, Uruguay, Football, Soccer, Alex Ferguson, Luis Suarez, Qpr, Chelsea, UK Comedy News
Jim Smallman

Thing is, when Luis Suarez decided to bite Branislav Ivanovic, he wasn't exactly on my list of favourite footballers. Even before his impression of a petulant toddler that hasn't been allowed a biscuit, he was already a deplorable human being.

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Cristina Kirchner Is 'An Old Hag'

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Old Hag, Cristina Kirchner, Jose Mujica, Uruguay, President of Uruguay, Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner, Hector Timerman, Cross Eyed, UK News

The President of Uruguay may have accidentally sparked a diplomatic row after being overheard describing Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez de Kirchn...

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Retrospective Action?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Chile, Video, Liverpool, Uruguay National Team, Uruguay, World Cup, Chile 2-0 Uruguay, UK Football, UK Sport, Luis Suarez Gonzalo Jara, Luis Suarez, Luis Suarez Punches Gonzalo Jara, UK Sport News

Luis Suárez has risked an international suspension after the he appeared to punch Chile's Gonzalo Jara during Uruguay's 2-0 World Cup qualifying defe...

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An Apologia for Diving in Football

Matthew Handley | Posted 17.06.2012 | UK Sport
Read More: Uruguay, Tom Daley, Ghana, Play Acting, Aston Villa, Alex Ferguson, Luis Suarez, Manchester United, Paolo Di Canio, Ashley Young, UK-Football, UK Sport News
Matthew Handley

Players are employed by their clubs to do a job. They're given outrageous salaries to churn out results, win trophies and gain their clubs further success and revenue. What they're not there to do is to uphold abstract Corinthian values of sportsmanship and fair play.

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The Difference Between Uruguay's Abortion Law and Twitter

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Abortion, Twitter, Abortion Laws, Uruguay, Health, Paho, Internet Censorship, Censorship, Free Speech, Mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, UK News
Dr Layla McCay

I'm not suggesting that Twitter is obliged to take responsibility for delivering international social progress in the form of free speech. But its global reach and impact are massive. Its leadership has serious negotiating power and can make bold decisions.

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What Has Happened to Argentine Dignity?

Peter Martindale | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Central America, Falkland Islands, United Nations, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, South America, Malvinas, South Atlantic, USA, Paraguay, Peru, Argentina, Cristina Fernández De Kirchner, Honduras, Cuba, Un, Panama, Alicia Castro, Spain, Nicaragua, Brasil, UK Politics News
Peter Martindale

The Argentine people should have the intelligence and dignity to drop all claims to the Falklands and so to benefit from improved relations and trade, or for ever be complaining about the state of their own country and what might have been.

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What Uruguay Should Be Teaching Egypt

Benjamin Montero | Posted 31.08.2011 | UK Politics
Read More: Frente Amplio, Egypt, Uruguay, Arab Spring, Latin America, Revolution, Tupamaros, UK Politics News
Benjamin Montero

The small Southern Cone nation of Uruguay made global headlines when their national team placed 4th in last year's Football World Cup. However there i...

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