The only two Jewish newspapers in Uruguay, which have been published here for several years, printing in Yiddish, were closed down today by the authorities under the new press regulations. At the same time it was announced that no Yiddish newspapers from foreign countries will be admitted into Uruguay.
Last July the Uruguayan government introduced a bill in Parliament forbidding the publication of newspapers in “foreign and exotic languages which are difficult to control.” It provided that no newspaper be published in a language not taught in local high schools unless a Spanish translation of all material was also furnished.
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