The name of Juan María Bordaberry, president of Uruguay from 1972 until 1976, who has died aged 83, will be forever associated with the slow death of a democracy at the hands of those entrusted with ...

Former Uruguayan president-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died July 17 at his home, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for killings and disappearances during his country’s war against ...

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Former Uruguayan President-turned-dictator Juan Maria Bordaberry died early Sunday at home, where health problems kept him out of prison for killings and disappearances during his country’s war ...

Juan Maria Bordaberry, the former Uruguayan president who died on July 17 aged 83, turned his back on democracy to become the civilian figurehead for a military coup in 1973; under his rule Left-wing ...