For more than a year Copperhead and I have told Uruguay’s story as seen through our own eyes on UruguayLiving.com and elsewhere. We have been, and continue to be amazed at the growing interest in this wonderful little country. Apparently we are not the only people who see something special here.
But, no matter how hard we try, we can never fairly represent Uruguay the way native born Uruguayos can. Because it is their story that needs to be told, and not ours, we at UruguayLiving.com have decided to publish UruguayDailyNews.com as a means for Uruguay’s authentic voices to be heard to the world, or at least the English-speaking portions thereof.
UruguayDailyNews.com is primarily a digest of the news as reported by the major newspapers and broadcast media here in Uruguay.
The stories that we cover are selected by Uruguayos, not by us. The overwhelming majority of the articles will be taken from these local news sources, to which links will be provided whenever possible.
We make sure that you know whence those reports originated—and also the point of view of the original reporter, if possible.
Front page news will be reported daily, Monday through Friday—extraordinary events will be covered even on the weekends. Less pressing business, cultural, artistic, sports and other community news will be covered at least once weekly. Monday they will focus on the visit to Uruguay of President Bush this weekend.
We, the medio-Uruguayos (half-Uruguayans), help things along by editing the English translations and also by writing editorials occasionally. We also may try to explain some of the things reported in order to make them more understandable to our worldwide Anglophone audience.
And you can participate!
UruguayDailyNews.com is in blog format so there will be a place for your questions or comments—after they have been reviewed to avoid spam, commercials, or other over-the-top behavior.
THIS IS JUST A START!!! New features are planned for coming months. With your support it will grown and become a permanent part of the media here.
Welcome to UruguayDailyNews.com!
¡Bienvenidos a UruguayDailyNews.com!
Publisher: R David Finzer
Deputy Publisher: Santiago Galli
Editor-in-Chief: Christopher T. Kohl
Managing Editor: Andres Garín
News Editor: Pablo Cadenas
Kibitzer-at-Large: Theodore L. Raiter
The Daily news will be greatly appreciated. I have been looking for news in English concerning Uruguay. This is a great service. Many thanks.
Left by suomiamerican on March 12th, 2007