MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay has agreed with the United States to accept some prisoners held in the much-criticised detention centre at the U.S. military base of Guantanamo Bay, President Jose Mujica said on Thursday.
The Obama administration, which wants to close the centre used to imprison people captured after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has been talking to several countries about relocating inmates.
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