The Nando Times: Uruguay police deployed to deter looting amid bank closure

Uruguay's always been one of the stable countries in South America, the one where you wouldn't think something like this would happen. But now the country appears to be going the way of Argentina. Leaders are talking with the IMF, which might give them enough cash to get by in the short term. This being the IMF, it will have strings attached, and the IMF's strings are razor wire.