Uruguay

Iranian expatriates and Uruguayans interested in Iranian culture and history celebrated the Iranian national festival of Yalda- the winter solstice - in the Uruguayan capital city of Montevideo.

ANTOINE GRIEZMANN admitted he didn't celebrate France's decisive second goal out of respect for his Uruguayan mates.

"He's not Uruguayan, he's French and he scored a goal," the Barcelona star told reporters."He doesn't know what we have to do to succeed in football.

(AFP/FRANCK FIFE) NIZHNY NOVGOROD: Antoine Griezmann admitted France's quarterfinal against Uruguay today will be hard for him, not only because he has to face good friend and teammate Diego Godin, but also because he views himself as part Uruguayan.

Now, pressure from organizations of Uruguayans living abroad for political or economic reasons has put the issue of voting rights on the agenda again, with political commentators pointing out that Uruguay is the only South American nation that doesn't give this basic civic right to its children of the diaspora.

Alcides Ghiggia, the Uruguayan striker who silenced the Maracana at the 1950 World Cup final by scoring the winner against Brazil, died of a heart attack at the age of 88 on Thursday, the 65th anniversary of Uruguay's famous win.

Byline: CARLA BERTELLOTTI British Uruguayan Society

charts with his Evil Dead remake while international festivals, including Berlin and Cannes, are programming more Uruguayan pics.

The Uruguayan government proposed controversial legislation in 2012 to legalize the sale of marijuana through government dispensaries.

Foreign Minister Luis Almagro said about 35 Uruguayan soldiers in the multinational peacekeeping force had been blocked from leaving their base in the northern Sinai, which also has US and Colombian peacekeeping troops.

Gnocchi, spelled noquis in Spanish, is a potato-based pasta, which Uruguayans eat on the 29th day of each month.

"Uruguayans, and more so in football, use terms that can be wrongly interpreted by people from other places...