Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

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

  Former Argentine FM lashes out at Uruguayan President over Falklands trip

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• 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.