Tag: Julio Maria Sanguinetti

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:48 UTC

  Former Uruguayan president says criminals would celebrate LUC repeal

  

  Former two-time President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti Friday said the National Human Rights Institution (INDDHH) was “helping criminals” by opposing certain provisions within the Law of Urgent Consideration that may end up repealed through a referendum later this month.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 22:56 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President finds Putin very much like Hitler

  

  Former two-time President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti (1985-1990 / 1995-2000) Thursday said Russia's actions in Ukraine look “a lot like Hitler's initial invasions.” The Colorado Party leader added that there was “no possible historical justification to relativize the seriousness of the episode.”

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay brokers one-on-one free trade deal with China hoping it will not affect Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his country had begun negotiations with China to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which has been regarded as the beginning of the end of Mercosur.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President Sanguinetti compares his country with Argentina during a celebration of Democracy

  

  Former two-time Uruguayan President Julio María Sanguinetti Thursday claimed “Argentina infects us with adjectives,” as he appeared together with former heads of state Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera and José “Pepe” Mujica during a celebration of Democracy staged at Montevideo's Parliament building.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Tabaré Viera becomes Uruguay's new Minister of Tourism

  

  The Government of Uruguay has appointed Colorado Senator Tabaré Viera and the nation's new Minister of Tourism following the resignation of Germán Cardoso amid a corruption scandal.

• Saturday, August 21st 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguayan Tourism Minister resigns amid corruption allegations

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Germán Cardoso Friday handed in his resignation amid allegations of corruption.

• Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay holding presidential primaries on 30 June: three main candidates outstand

  

  The last Sunday of June Uruguay will be holding presidential primaries when political parties will be choosing their candidates for the coming election scheduled for next October. There are over a dozen hopefuls, but only three, maybe four or five can be considered sufficiently strong as to be taken into account. After all from one of these parties will come the next president of Uruguay, since there is no consecutive reelection in Uruguay.

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 09:05 UTC

  Mercosur was not created to become a fortress of 'hyper-protectionism'

  

  Former Uruguayan president Julio Maria Sanguinetti and founder of the Montevideo Circle Foundation said Mercosur was not created to become a fortress of hyper protectionism but rather to promote competition and integration with flexibility. Sanguinetti participated in a round of conferences of the Montevideo Circle Foundation in Paraguay.

• Thursday, November 8th 2012 - 07:23 UTC

  Former Uruguayan presidents disenchanted with Mercosur but divided on the path to follow

  

  Four former elected Uruguayan presidents openly discussed Mercosur revealing an overall disenchantment with the regional political and trade group but with different emphasis as to what was the path to follow.

• Friday, May 25th 2012 - 07:01 UTC

  Three former presidents admit Mercosur has failed and has Uruguay ‘trapped’

  

  Three former Uruguayan presidents recommended the current administration that without abandoning Mercosur, it should look at major trade blocks associations but at the same time a strong self criticism is needed because maybe the problem is not in Mercosur but in Uruguay.