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Montevideo, April 6th 2026 - 16:23 UTC

Politics

  • Friday, December 4th 2015 - 07:29 UTC

    FIFA corruption: new round of arrests of South American football officials

    The indicted include the president of South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), Juan Angel Napout from Paraguay.

    Sixteen more top football officials were charged in a dramatic widening of the FIFA corruption scandal on Thursday, as US prosecutors vowed to leave no stone unturned in their quest to root out graft. Several senior FIFA officials from the past or present were named in a 92-count US Justice Department indictment which came after a series of dawn raids at a luxury hotel in Zurich hosting FIFA officials.

  • Friday, December 4th 2015 - 05:55 UTC

    Mercosur waiting for EU proposal; summit to be held at Conmebol convention centre

    “It's the European Commission that has to say when; the ball is on their side, if they decide to advance” Mercosur is ready said Rigoberto Gauto

    Mercosur is waiting for the European Union to decide when to begin the exchange of tariff-reduction proposals with the purpose of reaching an encompassing trade and cooperation agreement, despite France's objections to the move, said Rigoberto Gauto, Paraguay's deputy foreign minister. Paraguay currently holds the Mercosur chair and leads negotiations with Brussels.

  • Friday, December 4th 2015 - 05:33 UTC

    Uruguay could be heading to recession because of the government's political stalemate

    Uruguay costs are too high; social disorder; unions overwhelming power and above all the lack of political power to make decisions, said Protasi (Pic El Pais)

    Uruguay faces seven conditions which are creating a complex scenario and if they are not modified by government, it's most possible the economy is heading for a recession, according to economist Juan Carlos Protasi, a former central bank president.

  • Friday, December 4th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

    Uruguayan government unable to keep inflation below two digits

    The item with the largest influence was Food and beverage, representing a third of November's 0.43% increase.

    Inflation in Uruguay during the first eleven months of 2015 was double digit, 10.04%, a figure which if confirmed by the end of the year, could trigger a rash of labor review demands from unions. According to the country's stats office INE, in November retail prices climbed 0.43%, and in the last twelve months reached 9.46%, ahead of October's 9.15%.

  • Friday, December 4th 2015 - 05:07 UTC

    Agriculture can boost production by 40%/50% with measures announced by Macri's team

    Once measures are implemented Argentina's grains and oilseed crop can “increase by 40% to 50%”, said Argentina's King-soy

    Gustavo Grobocopatel, head of the agro-business Grobo group anticipated that with the measures announced by the team of president elect Mauricio Macri and to be implemented from next 10 December, Argentina's grains and oilseed crop “it going to increase by 40% to 50%”, meaning dollars for industry, jobs and services.

  • Friday, December 4th 2015 - 04:44 UTC

    UK embassy sponsors three workshops in Uruguay on science and innovation

    The main objective of the Science and Innovation Fund is to create and strengthen links between researchers and institutions in Uruguay and UK

    The British Embassy, the British Council and Uruguayan National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII) have announced the three workshops selected under the recent Researcher Links call for proposals, part of the Embassy’s cooperation funding for science and innovation in Uruguay.

  • Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 11:26 UTC

    Amnesty presses FIFA on Qatar's 'rampant migrant labor abuse'

    “Qatar’s persistent labor reform delays are a recipe for human rights disaster,” said Mustafa Qadri, Gulf migrant rights researcher at Amnesty International.

    Five years to the day since Qatar secured 2022 World Cup hosting rights, Amnesty International says the Gulf nation has done little to “address rampant migrant labor abuse”. Qatar has made pledges for labor reforms and the 2022 World Cup committee has introduced a workers’ charter. But the kafala system of tied employment has yet to be overhauled to ease restrictions on workers’ rights.

  • Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 08:41 UTC

    Brazil political crisis escalates: Congress initiates impeachment proceedings against president Rousseff

    Proceedings against Rousseff follows charges that she has violated Brazil's fiscal laws and manipulated government finances to benefit her re-election campaign

    The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha has announced plans to open impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, allegedly on violation of fiscal legislation. In practical terms this means further political upheaval in the months ahead in a country that has been rocked by the steepest recession in 25 years, job losses, and a corruption scheme of planetary proportions in oil giant Petrobras.

  • Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 08:29 UTC

    Cordoba: land free of Kirchnerites or the province that despises the rest of Argentina

    “Don't travel to Cordoba because they despise the rest of Argentina” read the Kirchnerite supporters' internet campaign ”Don't travel to Cordoba.

    “Don't vacation in Cordoba because that province despises the rest of Argentina” reads a slogan massively launched by Kirchner followers in retaliation for the overwhelming support of that province to president-elect Mauricio Macri, 71% to 28% for Daniel Scioli, Cristina Fernandez handpicked presidential candidate.

  • Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 08:11 UTC

    Macri names ambassadors to Washington and Montevideo

    The appointment was decided after a meeting Lousteau held with the new cabinet chief Marcos Peña and future Foreign Affairs Minister Susana Malcorra

    President-elect Mauricio Macri named ambassador to Washington and Montevideo. Lawmaker Martín Lousteau will be Argentina's next ambassador in the US. He will replace Cecilia Nahón, who submitted her resignation on Monday. The appointment was decided after a meeting Lousteau held with the new cabinet chief Marcos Peña and the future Foreign Affairs Minister Susana Malcorra, a Let’s Change statement affirmed.