Tag: José Mujica

• Wednesday, December 31st 2014 - 00:46 UTC

  Mujica and Vazquez will attend Rousseff's inauguration on January first

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica and elected president Tabare Vazquez will attend the inauguration, on January first, of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff second consecutive mandate in Brasilia. The two leaders received an official invitation from the Rousseff administration according to Uruguay's official media.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2014 - 07:29 UTC

  Guantanamo refugee wants to leave Uruguay

  

  Reports indicate he would prefer to go back to his Palestine parents, who are too old to move to South America.

• Wednesday, December 24th 2014 - 06:43 UTC

  State Dept. confirms resignation of Guantanamo Closure Special Envoy

  

  Clifford Sloan had acted as a liaison with Uruguayan President Jose Mujica in bringing six refugees into the South American country for humanitarian reasons

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 04:17 UTC

  Broad Front Deputies pass Media Law bill in Uruguay

  

  New regulations for broadcast media about to be signed into law shortly. President-elect Tabare Vazquez also supports the move.

• Thursday, December 18th 2014 - 19:58 UTC

  Mujica's role in US-Cuba understanding praised worldwide

  

  The role played by Uruguay's President in the process which led to Wednesday's announcements that the United States and Cuba are to restore full diplomatic ties, was praised by Presidents Barack Obama, Raul Castro and international analysts.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 07:38 UTC

  State Dept. document assuring Uruguay Gitmo inmates innocent disclosed

  

  Uruguayan president produces US-signed evidence to calm down opposition. Refugees adapting gradually to life in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, December 16th 2014 - 20:54 UTC

  Uruguay's media law bill reaches Senate - Mujica warns of foreign sharks.

  

  President and journalists organisations deem LSCA necessary to avoid handing the media over to outside operators. They see no danger to freedom of speech in legislative project as it is.

• Monday, December 8th 2014 - 06:55 UTC

  Mujica says Guantanamo inmates in Uruguay can leave whenever they wish

  

  The detainees from Guantanamo Base in Cuba that arrived in Uruguay on Sunday as part of an agreement with the US, “can leave the country whenever they wish”, since they come as 'refugees', announced President Jose Mujica.

• Monday, December 8th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  US confirms Uruguay has received the six Guantanamo detainees

  

  The United States Department of Defense announced on Sunday the transfer to Uruguay of six detainees from the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, a long announced event which was postponed several times allegedly because of bureaucratic delays in the US and controversy in Uruguay.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 - 05:02 UTC

  US wants to continue with president-elect Vazquez the “vibrant relationship” developed with Mujica

  

  Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated on Monday Uruguayan president-elect Tabare Vazquez on his Sunday victory, and said that the US looks forward to working with the new administration and to continue advancing with the “vibrant relationship we have had” under the leadership of President Jose Mujica.