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[Uruguay's Partido Nacional sets a 2030 return to government as its goal]]> Former president Lacalle Pou also took part in the event and closed the proceedings. It was one of his first party appearances since he left office. Photo: Gastón Britos / EFE The president of the board of Uruguay's Partido Nacional, Álvaro Delgado, on Sunday called on members of the country's main opposition force to “build the history of the future” and set a return to government in 2030 as the first objective, so that Uruguay can “find direction again.”

]]> Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:37:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay to open Pope Leo XIV's first South American tour]]> The pontiff will remain in Uruguay from November 6 to 8, visiting Montevideo, Paysandú and Florida Uruguay will be the first stop on Pope Leo XIV's apostolic journey to South America between November 6 and 17, the director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, confirmed on Wednesday.

]]> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:37:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay: preliminary deal signed in construction to cut working hours]]> The text is not final. It must be ratified by Sunca's general assembly, endorsed by both parties and approved by the Labor and Social Security Ministry Uruguay's construction workers' union, Sunca, and the sector's employer chambers reached a preliminary agreement on Tuesday to progressively reduce the working week from 44 to 40 hours, after more than four months of negotiations and industrial action.

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:29:00 GMT <![CDATA[Bachelet places fourth in first Security Council straw poll ahead of Uruguay debate]]> Bachelet, 74, a former executive director of UN Women and former high commissioner for human rights, faces an unusual situation: her candidacy lacks the backing of her own country's government Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet placed fourth in the Security Council's first informal poll on the candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations, held behind closed doors in New York on Thursday.

]]> Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:11:00 GMT <![CDATA[Stability alone does not buy a house: Georgieva's message in Montevideo]]> Stability cannot be put in a refrigerator, she said, and a house cannot be bought on stability alone: more growth is genuinely needed International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva praised Uruguay's macroeconomic and institutional strength on Thursday but urged authorities to take greater risks to turn that stability into growth.

]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:02:00 GMT <![CDATA[IMF chief arrives in Montevideo for talks with Orsi and the economic team]]> Georgieva wrote on the social network X that she was pleased to be in Uruguay and keen to learn more about a country that has built a solid record of macroeconomic stability International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Montevideo for talks on Thursday with President Yamandú Orsi and the country's senior economic officials, on a visit made at the invitation of the Uruguayan government.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:03:00 GMT <![CDATA[US seeks Uruguay as destination for deported migrants; Montevideo stops short of confirming deal]]> According to the report, the State Department, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, has discussed the proposal with Montevideo over several months. Photo: EFE/Jeffrey Arguedas The United States government has been negotiating with Uruguay for months over the possibility that the South American country receive deported migrants, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. Uruguay's foreign ministry confirmed that talks are underway but said nothing has been settled and that the discussions are not limited to Cuban nationals.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:54:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay prepares protocols for the risk of El Niño flooding in the spring]]> “The challenge we face now is preparing for what may happen in the spring as a result of this climate phenomenon,” the president said Uruguay's government is drawing up a set of contingency protocols for the flooding risk associated with the El Niño phenomenon, which climate projections indicate will have its greatest impact on the region during the southern hemisphere spring. President Yamandú Orsi announced at the Congress of Departmental Governors that the measures will be presented in August, ahead of what may occur from September and October.

]]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay: nearly half of those polled say the government is falling short of expectations]]> The same poll put Orsi's approval at 24% and disapproval at 56%, his worst reading since taking office For 49% of Uruguayans surveyed, Yamandú Orsi's government is performing below the expectations they held at the start of the administration, according to the latest poll by the consultancy Factum, covering the third two-month period of 2026. The study, with fieldwork conducted between June 2 and 20 and released by VTV Noticias, shows a sustained deterioration in perceptions of the government since the beginning of the term.

]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:10:00 GMT <![CDATA[Uruguay faces a 12.5% US tariff as its foreign ministry weighs the implications]]> Sources at the Foreign Ministry confirmed the decision and said its implications are being analyzed, while noting that the outcome “was within expectations” Uruguay was placed in the highest band of the new US tariff scheme, with an additional 12.5% levy on its exports to the United States, for not having an explicit ban on the import of goods produced with forced labor. The measure, which took effect on Friday, raises the rate that had applied to the country since February, of 10%.

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