Tag: security

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 19:30 UTC

  Giuliani lays out security plan with President Vázquez in Uruguay

  

  Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani met Tuesday with Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez in Montevideo and agreed to work on a new security proposal adjusted to the local situation.

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• Thursday, February 15th 2018 - 01:14 UTC

  United States Travel Advisory for Uruguay

  

  The United States Travel Advisory for Uruguay offered a not very encouraging description of the country for foreign visitors but anyhow is well distanced from most of the rest of Latin American, and neighbors.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 20:39 UTC

  Six our of fourteen of the world’s most violent countries are in Latin America

  

  Six of the 14 most violent countries in the world are in Latin America revealed the second edition of the report “Armed Violence and Development” published Thursday in Geneva by the Secretariat from the Geneva Declaration on Violence and Development, a diplomatic initiative born in 2008.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2010 - 16:36 UTC

  Violent Crime Replaces Unemployment as Main Concern in Latinamerica

  

  Latin America has “some of the highest criminality rates in the world” and for the first time in decades delinquency has replaced unemployment as the main concern of the population, according to a report from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights released this week.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Uruguay, Chile and Costa Rica Rated as Safest Countries in Latinamerica

  

  For the second year in a row, Chile is the safest country of Latin America, a study carried out by FTI Consulting (International Forensic Technologies) showed. Chile shares this position with Uruguay and Costa Rica, as it has since 2009.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 01:26 UTC

  Paraguay Imposes 30-Day State of Emergency to Combat Insurgent Violence

  

  Paraguay has passed a bill imposing a temporary suspension of constitutional rights in five northern and central provinces of the country in a crackdown on violence by a self proclaimed insurgent group, the Paraguayan People’s Army, EPP.