Tag: José Mujica

• Saturday, July 10th 2010 - 06:58 UTC

  First woman Communist takes office as Mayor of Montevideo

  

  Montevideo’s first woman and Communist elected mayor, Ana Olivera took office on Friday promising to streamline the overweight administration of Uruguay’s capital and in six months, a spic-and-span city.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2010 - 06:58 UTC

  Uruguay concerned with Argentine ‘naval harassment’ in South Atlantic international waters

  

  Uruguayan merchant and naval shipping is under continuous harassment from the Argentine Navy in South Atlantic international waters, a new chapter of the difficult relations between the neighbouring countries, reports Montevideo’s main daily El Pais, quoting undisclosed Parliament sources.

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:55 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina meet next June 2nd; Uruguay to complain trade restrictions

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will meet with Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner next June 2nd at the Uruguayan presidential farm in Anchorena, a 15 minutes helicopter ride from Buenos Aires, announced Wednesday Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro.

• Friday, May 14th 2010 - 03:10 UTC

  Over-Stressed Uruguayan President will Miss Madrid Summit

  

  Uruguayan president José Mujica will be missing the coming Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union Summit scheduled for next week in Spain on medical grounds, it was reported officially and confirmed by the president.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2010 - 04:10 UTC

  “Wake Up Call” for Uruguay’s Ruling Coalition in Sunday’s Municipal Elections

  

  Uruguay’s ruling coalition received a “wake up call” from voters during last Sunday’s municipal elections, admitted Vice President Danilo Astori. The Broad Front managed to retain five, probably six, of the 19 regional governments (departments) in which Uruguay is divided, while the opposition took the rest.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 02:51 UTC

  Argentine Government Thwarts Pulp Mill Activists Heading for UNASUR Summit

  

  In what was considered a change in approach by the Argentine Government, several minivans and cars with Gualeguaychú activists that were heading to the UNASUR summit in Campana, Buenos Aires province, were delayed Tuesday by police at a crucial inter-provincial bridge.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 18:58 UTC

  Kirchner Gets UNASUR Job; Mujica Admits “Political Cost” but Privileges Unity

  

  Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner was sworn Tuesday as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, following the consensus reached among the twelve country members overcoming differences of previous meetings.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 05:55 UTC

  President Lula da Silva Visits Montevideo for Talks with Mujica

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva is expected in Montevideo, Uruguay Tuesday afternoon to hold talks with his counterpart Jose Mujica, following the Unasur extraordinary presidential summit in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2010 - 01:26 UTC

  Kirchner Receives Unanimous Support to Become UNASUR Secretary General

  

  Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner received Monday the unanimous support from country members of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, to become the organization’s secretary general, overcoming differences of previous meetings.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC

  Colombia Conditions Vote for the UNASUR chairman

  

  Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde said Friday that before the standing chairman of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is decided, Uruguay and Argentina must solve their differences.