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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 11:30 UTC

Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Uruguayan President and his children land in Antarctica

    Lacalle and his children were expected to stay at the Artigas base for nearly 24 hours

    The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. “After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,” Lacalle wrote on social networks.

  • Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Uruguayan president postpones Antarctica trip due to bad weather

    Antarctica has a geopolitical value for Uruguay, García explained

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Antarctica has been postponed due to bad weather, Defense Minister Javier García announced Friday in Montevideo.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

    Spotify not leaving Uruguay after all

    The new decree clarified some legal loopholes, Delgado explained

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday signed a regulatory decree regarding current regulations, which allows the music-streaming platform Spotify not to leave the country in February as previously announced.

  • Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 11:05 UTC

    Uruguayan president clashes with potential successor

    Orsi said he was ashamed of Lacalle's attitude

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou exchanged verbal flak with his likely successor Friday while shaking hands at a business event in Progreso. “If you want to maintain a good relationship, try to mind your manners,” Lacalle told Canelones Mayor (Governor) Yamandú Orsi of the opposition Frente Amplio.

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 15:19 UTC

    Lula invites Lacalle Pou to surf in Brazil, President responds with a 'shaka'

    Lacalle Pou smiled and made the shaka, a characteristic surfer's gesture, extending his thumb and pinkie.

    During his introductory speech to fellow Mercosur leaders, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took a moment to acknowledge the passion for surfing of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou. Lula extended an invitation for Lacalle Pou to surf in Brazil once his presidential term concludes.

  • Friday, December 8th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    Paraguay takes over rotating presidency of Mercosur; FTA with Singapore announced

    “I invite you to dream big together,” Peña told his fellow Presidents

    “There is no Mercosur where only some people do well,” said Paraguayan President Santiago Peña on taking up his new role within the bloc, which in his view is bound for “great achievements.” Peña underlined that, globally, Mercosur faced four challenges: access to water, food security, energy sufficiency, and resilience in logistics chains.

  • Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:19 UTC

    Spotify exiting Uruguay as of February

    Lacalle admitted he was among the customers who received Spotify's email

    The global music and podcast streaming service Spotify Friday warned its Uruguayan users that the platform would be leaving the South American country shortly citing “drastic changes in the way music works” locally and that no new accounts can be opened after Dec. 28, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Friday, December 1st 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Lacalle Pou optimistic about Milei's future government

    “Always, when something new starts, you give it credit,” Lacalle said

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that this might change foreign relations with Javier Milei's government in Argentina: “We have not been lucky in foreign relations” but, with the Libertarian leader, “the region is changing and we are going to take advantage of it,” Lacalle stressed.

  • Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 08:31 UTC

    Uruguay, China deepen bilateral ties

    Xi and Lacalle met for over two hours in Beijing

    President Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Xi Jinping of China Wednesday announced after meeting in Beijing that new steps toward a bilateral free trade deal had been agreed upon.

  • Monday, November 20th 2023 - 09:36 UTC

    Leaders and diplomats congratulate Milei on his win

    “Brazil will always be available to work together with our Argentine brothers,” said Lula

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay were among those Sunday who congratulated Javier Milei on his victory over Sergio Massa at the runoff elections in Argentina. Also joining the celebrations were Uruguayan Vice President Beatriz Argimón and US Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley.