MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2026, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay]]> For Brazil, the largest beef supplier to the US market, the measure removes for three months the out-of-quota duty of 26.4% it has paid since mid-January US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US market, among them Argentina and Uruguay. The main beneficiaries will be Brazil and Paraguay.

]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:35:00 GMT <![CDATA[Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada]]> The wake drew political figures from across the spectrum Uruguay bade farewell on Thursday to musician Ruben Rada with a wake open to the public at the Legislative Palace, the seat of parliament, after hundreds of people had gathered the previous night with drums in the neighbourhood where he grew up, with no official summons involved.

]]> Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:43:00 GMT <![CDATA[Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83]]> Rada built a career spanning more than six decades centred on candombe, the Afro-Uruguayan percussive tradition inscribed by UNESCO in 2009 on its list of intangible cultural heritage Uruguayan singer, composer and percussionist Ruben Rada died on Wednesday at the age of 83 in Montevideo. His family announced the death on the artist's social media accounts, specifying that it occurred at 3.30pm, "after fighting for a month against pneumonia and its complications."

]]> Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:26:00 GMT <![CDATA[Argentine trips abroad fall 21.2% as Brazil and Uruguay lead arrivals]]> Among tourists arriving in Argentina, 36.1% came from Brazil and 16% from Uruguay The number of Argentine residents leaving the country in July fell 21.2% year on year, to 1.22 million people, according to the international tourism statistics report released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. In the opposite direction, 830,200 foreign visitors entered the country, 17.9% more than a year earlier.

]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:39:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Pan-American Congress closes with a call for more equal north-south dialogue]]> “It is necessary to reframe the dialogue between the north and south of the Americas in more equal terms,” said the meeting's coordinator, David Adler, at the closing session held at the Teatro Solís The third Pan-American Congress concluded on Sunday in Montevideo with a call to reframe relations between the north and south of the Americas on more equal terms. The forum, which brought together some 150 lawmakers, governors and former heads of state from fifteen countries, will hold its next edition in Brazil in 2027.

]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:55:00 GMT <![CDATA[Progressive leaders gathered in Uruguay denounce US interference and acknowledge their own mistakes]]> Participants questioned Washington's conduct in the region, citing that intervention, strikes on vessels in the Caribbean and sanctions on Cuba, and called for greater regional autonomy The opening session of the third Pan-American Congress, held on Friday at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo, combined criticism of United States policy towards Latin America with calls for self-criticism within progressive forces. More than 150 lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries are taking part, according to organisers.

]]> Sat, 22 Aug 2026 08:28:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay's president meets Kicillof and agrees to cooperate on food and scientific research]]> Kicillof, governor since 2019 and a former economy minister, described the meeting as an opportunity to hear the Uruguayan leader's reading of the international situation Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Friday received the governor of Argentina's Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, at the Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo, where the two signed two cooperation agreements covering agrifood and scientific matters.

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 22:41:00 GMT <![CDATA[Montevideo hosts a progressive congress after three consecutive electoral defeats in the region]]> The meeting takes place at an adverse moment for those forces. The last three presidential elections in Latin America were won by conservative candidates. Photo: Sebastián Astorga More than a hundred lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries across the Americas gather from Friday at Uruguay's Legislative Palace in Montevideo for the third Pan-American Congress, a parliamentary forum of progressive forces running until Sunday. Organisers put attendance at more than 150 participants.

]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 10:12:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay's only industrial brewer negotiates cutting 80 jobs or ending production]]> The company, owned by Brazil's Ambev, itself part of Belgium's AB InBev, employs slightly more than 500 people Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza (FNC), Uruguay's only industrial beer producer, is negotiating with the government and the trade union a restructuring that would cut 80 of the 400 jobs at its Montevideo and Minas plants. The company keeps a second scenario on the table, which the parties involved regard as less likely: abandoning local production and operating as an importer, with a workforce reduced to around 100 employees.

]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:01:00 GMT <![CDATA[Disapproval of Orsi's government climbs to 57% in the third quarter, Opción finds]]> The breakdown shows 30% rating the government's performance as very poor and 27% as poor, against 16% who consider it good and 3% very good Fifty-seven percent of Uruguayans disapprove of the performance of the government led by Yamandú Orsi and 19% approve, according to the third-quarter 2026 Public Opinion Monitor released on Wednesday by the polling firm Opción. In the previous measurement the figures were 48% and 20% respectively.

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