Uruguay’s former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, has announced that the cancer in his esophagus had spread to his liver, and that he had chosen to forgo further treatment

Small Uruguayan town seeks place on international art map In a chapel in sleepy rural Uruguay, wooden pews have been replaced by a sound sculpture made of resonance boxes and rubber mallets. (Copyright: Santiago MAZZAROVICH / AFP) It may not be the most obvious location for an international art festival,