Tag: Uruguayan military coup

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguayan president caught on the wrong foot forced to sack six generals and minister of Defense

  

  Uruguay’s president has been involved in an embarrassing incident which forced him on Monday to remove the commander in chief of the army, the Defense Chief of Staff and four other generals for allegedly covering up that a retired member of the military committed a crime during the 1973-1985 dictatorship.