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Montevideo, March 29th 2025 - 10:39 UTC

Tag: Luis Lacalle Herrera

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Current and former Uruguayan presidents celebrate democracy

    A meeting of former presidents of different political forces is “an extravagance,” Orsi noted

    José 'Pepe' Mujica underlined Thursday the importance of a country having the freedom to disagree. He made those remarks alongside former fellow Uruguayan Presidents Julio María Sanguinetti and Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, together with the incumbent Yamandú Orsi, during a Colorado Party ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the South American country's return to democratic rule. Luis Lacalle Pou, who completed his term last month, made a video appearance while relatives of the late former Presidents Jorge Batlle and Tabaré Vázquez were presented with a distinction.

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  • Saturday, March 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    A melancholic Lacalle Pou recalls his father's last day in office

    “I was 20 years old” when Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera's government reached the same point, he pointed out

    On his last day in office after five years, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed gratitude to those who supported his administration and recalled a similar day 30 years ago when his father's (Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera) term came to an end. President-elect Yamandú Orsi is to be sworn in Saturday in an indoor ceremony at the SODRE Auditorium as the ceremony was shifted to an indoor venue given the rain forecast.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Latin American Forum of Ideas 2024 kicking off in Asunción

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera will be among the event's attendees, it was announced

    Former Presidents and experts in various fields are to convene on Thursday and Friday at Asunción's Sheraton Hotel for the Latin American Ideas Forum (FLI) 2024, a space for innovation and international cooperation under the motto “Connecting the present with the future of Latin America”.

  • Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Lacalle Herrera wishes Milei all the best

    The father of the current Uruguayan president wished his son and Milei understand each other well

    During his recent trip to the beach resort and port of Mar del Plata, former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera (1990-1995), the father of the current head of state Luis Lacalle Pou, wished Javier Milei all the best because “a prosperous, fair, orderly and rich Argentina is the best business for Uruguay.”

  • Wednesday, October 25th 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Former Uruguayan President Lacalle under home hospitalization after stroke

    A vessel has been affected, Lacalle Herrera's doctors said

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, father of the current head of state, is under home hospitalization after suffering an ischemic stroke on Sunday, which is now in remission, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Friday, April 14th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

    Former Uruguayan President Lacalle Herrera hospitalized in BA

    “I am being treated with very strong antibiotics,” Lacalle said in a Zoom appearance from his hospital room

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera has been hospitalized in Buenos Aires to receive antibiotic treatment for a spider bite, according to local press reports.

  • Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:34 UTC

    Former Uruguayan President finds social media dazing

    “Power is exercised alone, not in isolation,” Lacalle, Sr. said

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Herrera expressed his point of view regarding social media: “In 140 characters there is no time for reflection,” the father of Uruguay's current head of state pointed out in Buenos Aires as he was being inducted into Argentina's National Academy of Business Sciences (ANCEM) as a Corresponding Member.

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

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

    “In our country there is debate, there is discussion, but there is no cry,” Sanguinetti said

    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.

  • Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

    Former Uruguayan Vice President Gonzalo Aguirre dies at age 81

    Aguirre served as VP under President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, father of Uruguay's current President

    Former Uruguayan Vice President Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez (1990-1995) has died at the age of 81 in Montevideo, it was announced. He had been hospitalized since March 19 after having caught covid-19.

  • Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

    Uruguay: Interreligious prayer with Lacalle Pou on his first day as president

    It is the first time in 30 years that a change of command prayer is performed. The last one was convened by former president Lacalle Herrera, father of the new Uruguayan president.

    Surrounded by security and stopped by some parishioners who asked for a photo, the new president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou and part of his cabinet walked this Monday in the middle aisle of Montevideo’s Cathedral, to an interfaith ceremony held to pray for the new government.