Uruguayan journalism

In our attempt to try new things, Mari took the lead in following a craigslist post asking for hard hitting news articles written by Uruguayan journalists for a website devoted to Latin American News. Since we have nothing but time on our hands, we decided to take the bait.

After hours of writing and editing, and help from yours truely, she finally got her first article published online. Congratulations to Mari!

The article´s entitled:

Uruguayan Congress Fails to Gain a Majority to Annul Amnesty Law

and deals with the issue of the Uruguayan dictatorship and the fact that there´s an existing law that prohibits the prosecution of military officials for crimes against humanity. There was a Congressional session that started yesterday and ran until early this morning - but again, they failed to overturn the existing 1986 law.

To read the article, click here.