Tag: Julio Maria Sanguinetti

• Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 06:18 UTC

  Kristallnacht remembered in Uruguay by the entire political spectrum

  

  Representatives of Uruguay's Government as well as the opposition got together Monday to commemorate the infamous Night of Broken Glass perpetrated by Nazi Germany on Nov. 9-10, 1938, which was rekindled by last week's pogrom against Israeli football fans in Amsterdam.

• Wednesday, July 3rd 2024 - 20:32 UTC

  Mujica and Sanguinetti hope for a “more flexible” Mercosur

  

  Former Presidents José Pepe Mujica and Julio María Sanguinetti concurred this week during their appearances at the Latin American Integration Association's (Aladi) Regional Solidarity Integration Forum in Montevideo that Latin American countries needed to “be more flexible” to tackle the problems of today's world.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2024 - 11:31 UTC

  Uruguay: Renewal begins as Sanguinetti steps down from Colorado Party leadership

  

  Former President of Uruguay (1985-1990; 1995-2000) and leader of the Colorado Party, Julio María Sanguinetti, has announced his departure from the role of Secretary General of the faction. Sanguinetti, 88, conveyed his decision virtually during a session chaired by former Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Carolina Ache on Monday.

• Wednesday, August 16th 2023 - 11:22 UTC

  Sanguinetti underlines Peña's position on Mercosur

  

  Two-time former Uruguayan President Julio María Sanguinetti Tuesday praised Paraguayan President Santiago Peña's stance regarding the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), which would need a major overhaul. Paraguay, a major world food producer but landlocked, is a member of Mercosur along with Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.

• Tuesday, June 27th 2023 - 05:06 UTC

  Uruguay's Parliament marks 50th anniversary of civic-military Dictatorship

  

  On a cold and foggy night, the Parliament of Uruguay held a commemorative session on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of the civic-military dictatorship that took place in the country from 1973 to 1985.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Lula's first day if office, meeting Latin American leaders and a selloff in Petrobras shares

  

  As the Brazilian president Lula da Silva settled in his first day in office in the Planalto Palace, Latin American leaders met with the inaugurated president, who faced his first financial challenge, stocks had fallen more than 3%, led by a selloff of shares in state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 10:31 UTC

  Lacalle Pou, Mujica and Sanguinetti attend Lula's inauguration

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's delegation to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's third inauguration featured his predecessors Julio María Sanguinetti and José Mujica, in an unprecedented diplomatic move to show that foreign policies transcend political parties.

• Saturday, December 24th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Uruguay's President to bring along two former colleagues to Lula's inauguration

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday invited his predecessors Julio María Sanguinetti and José Mujica to the Jan. 1 inauguration of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in Brasilia.

• Monday, September 19th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Prince Charles visit to the River Plate and the Falklands, with a little help from Uruguay

  

  In March 1999, King Charles III, then Prince of Wales made a three countries visit, Argentina, Uruguay and the Falkland Islands. A visit which was mainly a retribution to the one then Argentine President Carlos Menem and his daughter Zulemita, acting as First Lady, had done to London the year before, October 1998.

• Monday, March 21st 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Sanguinetti warns Uruguay may end up like Argentina if LUC is repealed

  

  Former two-time Uruguayan President Julio María Sanguinetti said it was wise to compare his country's situation with that of Argentina so that people could know what is at stake next weekend at the referendum on whether to repeal or not 135 provisions of the so-called Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC).