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Montevideo, December 20th 2025 - 10:13 UTC

Economy

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:17 UTC

    Argentina and US sign strategic customs agreement

    Pazo signed the document on behalf of Argentina

    Argentina's Customs Revenue and Control Agency (ARCA) and the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signed an agreement in Washington on Friday to deepen bilateral cooperation, improve border security, and streamline trade through smart controls and 100% digital processes involving automation and digitization of passenger and cargo traffic.

  • Saturday, November 22nd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Gigantic, sustainable ship makes landmark call in Montevideo

    The ONE Strength is due in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Saturday afternoon

    The Port of Montevideo achieved a major operational milestone on Friday by receiving the largest vessel ever to arrive in Uruguay's history, reaffirming the port's strategic importance as a regional hub.

  • Friday, November 21st 2025 - 18:28 UTC

    Uruguay joins Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

    Csukasi highlighted the “months and months of discreet work”

    Uruguay has joined as a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced in Montevideo on Friday.

  • Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Trump removes 40% tariffs from 212 Brazilian items

    Trump and Lula have smoothed over relations

    US President Donald Trump has removed a 40% tariff on more than 200 Brazilian agricultural and livestock products, including beef, vegetables, coffee, cocoa, and some ammonia-based fertilizers. The decision follows negotiations with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

  • Friday, November 21st 2025 - 10:26 UTC

    Lubetkin foresees shift in trade difficulties for Uruguay

    Lubetkin also hoped that in the case of a controversy with Argentina over the installation of a green hydrogen plant

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin projected Thursday a major shift in the world's trade landscape, in which his country would need to focus on what to sell instead of to whom, given the surge of 31 tariff-free nations by 2026. Speaking to FocoUy, he framed the emerging trade environment as “practically entering a free trade area” with key global blocs.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 21:06 UTC

    Paraguay finalizes first poultry shipment to Philippines

    Albania remains the main destination of Paraguayan poultry shipments

    Paraguay has successfully completed its first-ever export of poultry meat to the Philippines, achieving a significant milestone in its strategy to expand trade with the Asian market. The inaugural shipment took place just two months after the Philippine market was officially opened to the South American country's poultry products, it was reported this week in Asunción.

  • Thursday, November 20th 2025 - 18:37 UTC

    UK inflation down to 3.6% in October; Autumn Budget to be announced next week

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves said “this fall in inflation is good news for households and businesses across the country, but I’m determined to do more to bring prices down.”

    UK’s twelve-month inflation rate slid to 3.6% in October, down from 3.8% in September, and a major achievement ahead of the government’s Autumn Budget next week, according to the Office for National Statistics. Core inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, rose by 3.4% in the year to October, down from 3.5% in September.

  • Wednesday, November 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentina’s $LIBRA scandal: report says Milei promoted private scheme, violated ethics rules

    The commission confirmed direct links between President Milei and key promoters  of the $LIBRA maneuver

    The Argentine House of Deputies' Investigative Commission on the $LIBRA cryptofiasco has concluded in its final report that President Javier Milei may have committed misconduct in the exercise of his duties by promoting a private venture, which would violate the Public Ethics Law.

  • Monday, November 17th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Maybe Argentina-US deal is ”an advantage,” says Orsi

    “You have to open up,” Orsi highlighted

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi pointed out that the recently announced Reciprocal Trade and Investment Framework between Argentina and the United States placed his country in a position where it is “best to be attentive, maybe it's an advantage.”

  • Saturday, November 15th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Argentina-US deal shakes up Uruguay

    “We don't have to take any position,” Lubetkin said

    The recent announcement by Washington and Buenos Aires of a joint trade agreement has generated controversy in Montevideo, where it is perceived as a violation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) rules, so the government of President Yamandú Orsi will monitor the case closely.