Tag: Frente Amplio

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:59 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition wants heads to roll over controversial passport issuance to a drug lord

  

  Uruguayan opposition leader Fernando Pereira, president of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA), Tuesday called for the resignation of Ministers Francisco Bustillo (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Alberto Heber (Interior) after high-ranking officials under both of them were allegedly involved in the controversial issuance of a passport to a notorious drug lord.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

  

  Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Ukraine accused Uruguay of participating in a “collective crime” against its state; Uruguay responded

  

  Ukrainian officials have pointed fingers at Uruguay for allegedly participating in a “collective crime” by supporting President Vladimir Putin's attempt to annex occupied regions.

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 22:43 UTC

  Uruguayan senator said that Argentina's crisis is “because it is full of Argentines” and caused a controversy

  

  The Senator for the left-wing coalition Frente Amplio (Broad Front), Daniel Caggiani, was interviewed by local Channel 12’s Desayunos Informales about the regional situation and the negotiation for an eventual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Uruguay and China, which has generated tensions between Mercosur partners.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Uruguayan Defense Minister to be summoned over 747 case

  

  Uruguayan lawmakers of the opposition Frente Amplio (FA - Broad Front) Tuesday announced they would summon Defense Minister Javier García before Congress' Defense Committee to explain why he had banned from national airspace the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 now held in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 23:53 UTC

  Uruguay's President Lacalle hits all-time high disapproval

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has reached an all-time high disapproval rating since taking office in March of 2020, according to a study from the consulting firm Cifra released Wednesday.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Air Force to help trace possible mass graves

  

  Uruguay's Air Force (FAU) will assist the Human Rights Institute in tracing possible burials of people forcibly disappeared during the military dictatorship using state-of-the-art laser technology, Defense Minister Javier García announced Wednesday.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Lacalle Pou: “it is not true that security has worsened” in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou addressed on Sunday public security and replied to criticism from opposition left-wing party Frente Amplio’s (Broad Front).

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  763 Uruguayans volunteered to fight for Argentina during Falklands conflict, reveals Senate bill

  

  Senators from the Uruguayan opposition coalition Frente Amplio are sponsoring a declaration in support of Argentina and its Falkland Islands' claim, recalling at the same time that 763 Uruguayans, from a very miscellaneous background, had volunteered to join the Argentine Army during the South Atlantic conflict to combat Britain.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  New Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad

  

  Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose return to the Planalto Palace seems unstoppable.