Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

  Lula in favor of Mercosur-China FTA

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Lacalle warns Celac about “ideological temptation”

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday warned against the “ideological temptation in international forums.” During his speech at the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires, he explained that when ideologies change “the forums fade away.”

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 19:19 UTC

  Uruguayan FM makes a remark on his Ambassador to Argentina after political statements on investors

  

  Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Francisco Bustillo, sent a note with a remark to the Uruguayan ambassador in Buenos Aires, Carlos Enciso, in which he questions the pertinence of his statements in a radio interview. Enciso spoke of a possible drop in Argentine investments if there is a political change in his country's government after the favorable policies in the past few years by President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 11:27 UTC

  Lula to be in Montevideo the day after CELAC summit

  

  Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to visit Montevideo on Jan. 25 after spending two days in Buenos Aires, it was announced Friday.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 17:12 UTC

  “A scandal over fake passports”: Financial Times warns that reputation of Uruguay is threatened

  

  The Financial Times described the event that is currently being investigated by the Uruguayan Justice related to the former presidential custodian Alejandro Astesiano and the implications that have arisen around the entourage of President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• 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.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Uruguay, a failed Mercosur summit and China's long shadow

  

  Presidential summit meetings of the Mercosur alliance were usually sedate comfortable affairs until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President's approval drops amid scandals

  

  The approval ratings of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou fell ten percentage points in two months, hitting an all-time low of 39% since he took office, according to a report from pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Uruguayan gov't wants to create national space agency

  

  The government of President Luis Lacalle Pou has drafted a bill to create the Uruguayan Space Agency, which would function as a decentralized agency under the competence of the head of state, it was reported in Montevideo.