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Montevideo, December 25th 2025 - 03:38 UTC

Politics

  • Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

    What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

    Venezuela is currently banned from Mercosur

    The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

    Uruguayan President Vázquez underlines the importance of the EU deal for Mercosur

    “Improving the international insertion is an indispensable requirement,” said Vázquez.

    Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez Wednesday highlighted in the Argentine city of Santa Fe the partnership agreement reached in the first semester of the year with the European Union (EU) as a very important achievement for Mercosur after 20 years of negotiations, 39 formal meetings and many other informal ones, for which he thanked the technical teams involved.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 08:46 UTC

    A unique monument pays tribute to the victims of the AMIA bombing

    On April 19th, 1997, on the 54th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, a memorial mural was inaugurated at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Buenos Aires

    By Eduardo Eurnekia - On July 18, 1994, the center of Buenos Aires, the bustling capital of Argentina, was shattered by a huge explosion. A suicide bomber drove his explosives-loaded van into the building of the Jewish Community (AMIA-Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina), killing 85 people and injuring hundreds.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 23:59 UTC

    Macri paves way for Hezbollah to be deemed 'a terrorist organisation' in Argentina

    Macri's measures are considered to be a response to separate requests from the United States and Israel among other countries as well as from the local Jewish leadership.

    The Argentine Government has created the Public Registry of Persons or Entities Linked to Acts of Terrorism and its Financing (RePET), a tool whereby Hezbollah can be included. So far, local authorities adhered to the list penned by the United Nations, where Hezbollah is not included. President Mauricio Macri also decreed a day of national mourning to mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli Social Welfare Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires. In a third measure, Macri gave the victims of that attack 180 days to file for monetary compensation from the state.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 22:19 UTC

    Argentina's inflation expected to stay on the downpath in July

    Sandleris founded his inflationary decline forecast on “the goal of zero monetary base expansion.”

    Argentine Central Bank President Guido Sandleris Tuesday admitted inflation remains “high,” but he forecast July's figures will be smaller than those of June in light of the current “clear trend” to the downside.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:47 UTC

    Tabaré denies brokering meeting with Bolsonaro

    “The issues we have are common to all of Mercosur,” said the Uruguayan president.

    Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez Tuesday denied having sought to meet privately with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro during Wednesday's Mercosur summit in Santa Fe, Argentina.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:10 UTC

    Uruguayan State to manage Montevideo gas supply as Petrobras leaves country

    It was agreed that all necessary administrative measures will be taken to put an end to the Conecta S.A. and Distribuidora de Gas Montevideo concessions

    Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez and Petrobras CEO Roberto Castello Branco met Tuesday in Santa Fe, Argentina, to discuss a possible solution to the crisis affecting Montevideo's two gas suppliers, which are both subsidiaries of the Brazilian consortium.

  • Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 22:52 UTC

    Humanitarian project identifies Argentine soldier #114 at Darwin

    Ramón Meza died in action on May 25, 1982.

    A new body has been identified, raising the number of Argentine combatants fallen during the 1982 Falklands War who now have a name on their graves to 114, thanks to the Humanitarian Project underway.

  • Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

    Mercosur expected to announce dropping of roaming charges in Santa Fe

    Consumers in any of the four member countries will be able to use their cell phones in any of the other member countries without having to pay extra.

    The presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are expected to announce Wednesday the elimination of the roaming service charge when travelling to any of the Mercosur countries, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, July 16th 2019 - 10:51 UTC

    US qualifies Uruguay as a safe country to invest but warns about union power

    US embassy in Uruguay argues that ”small and medium-sized industrial enterprises (SMEs) in the United States describe the Uruguayan market as difficult to enter in some sectors of the economy”

    A report issued by the United States Department of State on the investment climate in Uruguay on Monday analyzed the legal, political and economic aspects of the country. On the one hand, it stands the legal security, the free movement of capital, the preferential regimes and the investment grade. On the other, it warns about aspects such as labor relations, the power of unions, the advantage of public companies and the increase of problems in education and security.