Today Uruguay is having a "dry strike", un paro seco, against the government of Pepé Mujica as he starts working on a new budget proposal. This means a lot of people are going on strike by not working today. Some services affected: Transport (buses, taxis), banks, health (except emergencies), Schools (all public schools and la República, the city council, among a few others. UM still had classes, but midterms today were postponed until next Thursday as some people can't get to school since the buses aren't running.
Here's an article in the national Uruguayan newspaper, El País. On the upper righthand side of the page you can choose the language of the article by clicking on the corresponding flag.
Oh, and our cleaning lady went on strike too. We actually had to take our own trash out for once. :P
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