Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi promised US Ambassador Heide Fulton that we will continue working together after his March 1 inauguration. During their meeting Tuesday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Montevideo where Orsi set up his transition offices, the diplomat replied that her office would keep working to add Uruguayan nationals to the visa waiver program.
Former military officer and current deputy assistant secretary of the Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), Heide Fulton has been nominated by president Joe Biden as the new ambassador to Uruguay.
US President Joseph Biden has chosen his nominee for the position of Ambassador to Montevideo, which now needs Congressional approval.