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Montevideo, April 20th 2025 - 17:50 UTC

Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

  • Tuesday, March 7th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Rice an exception in drought-hit Uruguay

    The 2022-23 rice harvest will be similar to the previous one, Mattos explained

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou and Agriculture Minister Fernando Mattos spoke to reporters after attending the ceremony Monday marking the launch of the 2023 rice harvest, which will be one of the few items with something to celebrate in a country hit by drought.

  • Friday, March 3rd 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    “We have earned international recognition,” Lacalle tells MPs

    Uruguay has “the lowest country risk in all South America,” Lacalle underlined when opening the new Legislature

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday told his country's Legal Assembly that the economy was showing signs of recovery and that “we have earned international recognition, thanks to the performance of our finances.” The head of state made those remarks while launching the new Legislature in Montevideo, which also marked the beginning of his fourth year at the helm of Torre Ejecutiva.

  • Wednesday, March 1st 2023 - 08:44 UTC

    Uruguayan president's approval slides after 3 years in office

    The Astesiano case was crucial in Lacalle's vanishing popularity

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou was shown to have a 43% approval three years into his term, according to a survey by pollsters Usina de Percepción Ciudadana published Tuesday in Montevideo.

  • Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Uruguay demands foreign tourists have medical insurance

    Previous Covid-19 requisites have been lifted

    Effective this month, a decree signed by Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou on Feb.16 requires all foreign travelers entering the country to have medical insurance, regardless of whether they arrive by land, sea, or air. The same measure, which has also been approved by the Council of Ministers, also lifts all previous Covid-19 requisites.

  • Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 08:00 UTC

    Former Argentine FM lashes out at Uruguayan President over Falklands trip

    The Uruguayan lawmakers also betrayed the legacy of Artigas, Solá claimed on Twitter

    Former Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá said Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou's “main objective” was “to show his contempt for Argentina” after a group of lawmakers visited the Falkland Islands together with the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Montevideo Faye O'Connor.

  • Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 10:57 UTC

    Former Uruguayan President's Chief Bodyguard convicted

    The case splashed President Lacalle Pou and some of his aides, whom people find hard to believe were unaware of the deeds

    Former Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's chief bodyguard Alejandro Astesiano has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after a plea deal with the prosecution who investigated him for corruption in a case involving the issuance of passports to Russian nationals.

  • Friday, February 10th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Uruguay: Lacalle's popularity wanes after Astesiano and Peña scandals, poll shows

    According to the survey, 40% of Uruguayans believe Lacalle was fully aware of Astesiano's unlawful deeds

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's popularity sank deeply in the last few weeks after a series of scandals became public, particularly those involving his chief security officer Alejandro Astesiano and former Environment Minister Adrián Peña's lack of a college degree despite which he used the prefix “Lic.” indicating otherwise.

  • Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 23:46 UTC

    Crisis in Uruguayan Police after Lacalle Pou dismissed the entire leadership amid corruption cases

    Jorge Berriel, former deputy executive director of the National Police, next to Lacalle Pou. Photo: Presidency

    The removal of the police leadership by order of the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, generated the biggest crisis in this force so far in this government. The head of state replaced the National Police Director, Diego Fernández, and the Executive Subdirector of Police, Jorge Berriel, it was reported late Tuesday.

  • Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:06 UTC

    Gen. Stevenazzi becomes new Uruguayan Army chief

    President Lacalle Pou gave Stevenazzi a replica of José Artigas' saber

    Gen. Mario Stevenazzi Wednesday took over from Gen. Gerardo Fregosi as head of Uruguay's Army during a ceremony at the Army headquarters in which Defense Minister Javier García praised the force's work during the Covid-19 pandemic and in other matters of national sovereignty.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Uruguay's Environment Minister resigns after degree scandal

    Peña was one course short of a degree in Business Management from the Catholic University of Uruguay

    A controversy over using the prefix “Lic.” when he was still to earn a college graduate degree resulted in the resignation of Uruguay's Environment Minister Adrián Peña. President Luis Lacalle Pou has already chosen Robert Bouvier for the position. The Vice President of the state-run telephone company Antel was proposed by Peña himself.