Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 20:03 UTC

  Uruguay finds successor for Deputy Foreign Minister post

  

  Although President Luis Lacalle Pou said that it would take a while to find a replacement for Carolina Ache Batlle as Deputy Foreign Minister, the Ciudadanos faction of Uruguay's Colorado Party has already come up with the name of Nicolás Albertoni for the post.

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Uruguay's economy unchanged since second quarter of 2022

  

  Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) Thursday issued a report showing the country's economy for the third trimester of 2022 “remained at similar levels to those of the second quarter of the year.”

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 18:20 UTC

  Uruguay publishes unilateral statement regarding Mercosur Summit

  

  Uruguay Wednesday issued a closing statement Wednesday ratifying President Luis Lacalle Pou's intentions to keep seeking trade opportunities outside Mercosur. The document came after the South American bloc's LXI Summit held earlier this week in Montevideo, which, unlike previous gatherings, produced no joint declaration.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Mercosur Summit: Fernández tells Lacalle going solo is not the solution

  

  “When in a society the rules are broken, someone is breaking them,” Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou during the Mercosur Summit in Montevideo Wednesday.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Mercosur Summit to kick off in Montevideo with CPTPP issue topping the agenda

  

  The 61st Summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is starting Monday in Montevideo. During the two-day event, Uruguay is to hand over the six-month pro tempore presidency of the group to Argentina.

• Thursday, December 1st 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguayan President critical of Uruguay's plan to join other trade blocs

  

  Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benítez Wednesday said that Uruguay's negotiating trade deals outside Mercosur were detrimental to the South American bloc's “essence.”

• Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 17:55 UTC

  Lacalle's bold diplomacy compromises future of Mercosur

  

  Mercosur is facing yet a new crisis stemming from Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's eagerness to join any foreign trade alliance no matter what.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2022 - 23:56 UTC

  Uruguay: former presidential bodyguard allegedly spied on opposition senators; Justice investigates

  

  The analysis of hundreds of WhatsApp chats recovered from the cell phone of Alejandro Astesiano, the former personal custodian of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, continues to provide investigators with crucial material in an unprecedented court case in Uruguay's political history.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

  

  Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Lacalle Pou to seek Uruguay's joining TPP

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced his country would apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in a move to have access to more competitive tariffs, which has caused a stir with Mercosur and could jeopardize other negotiations with China, it was reported.