Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Argentina's prices too difficult to match, Uruguayan president admits

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday insisted his country could not compete with Argentina's prices due to the difference in currency exchange rates and pledges to advance new measures to help businesses in bordering areas heavily affected by residents doing their shopping on the other side.

• Friday, November 11th 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Slight drop in Uruguayan President's approval

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou of the Multicolor coalition and Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse of the opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) were both shown to have a 47% approval rating, according to a survey from the Equipos Consultores firm. Disapproval of Lacalle's administration went up from 32% to 36%, it was also reported.

• Friday, November 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay's advantages for technology development “to attract talent,” Lacalle said

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday underscored during an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) event in Punta del Este his country's advantages for investments to keep flowing in.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguay not willing to close any doors, Lacalle tells Japanese traders

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou told a business forum in Tokyo Thursday that his country was not willing to close any doors and was therefore ready to move forward with a bilateral trade agreement regardless of Mercosur's stance.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Lacalle off to Japan to boost Uruguay's foreign trade

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou is off on an official mission to Japan to boost bilateral trade, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo. In the meantime, Vice President Beatriz Argimón will be in charge of the Executive until Oct. 31.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 18:45 UTC

  Trust in Uruguayan President falls amid bodyguard scandal

  

  Popular mistrust of Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has been reported to be on the rise after his bodyguard Alejandro Astesiano's involvement in the issuance of Uruguayan passports to Russian nationals for a fee became known.

• Monday, October 24th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  Josep Borrell meets with Uruguayan President in Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, who holds the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur, Monday welcomed European Union (EU) High Representative Josep Borrell in Montevideo to discuss the future of the agreement between the two trade blocs.

• Monday, October 17th 2022 - 20:17 UTC

  Lacalle welcomes Galician leader in Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday welcomed Galicia's Xunta President Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela at the official Suarez y Reyes Residence in Montevideo.

• Monday, October 17th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Plan for first binational Conservationist Park underway in Uruguay River

  

  American billionaire Gilbert Butler has purchased some land he intends to hand over to the Argentine province of Entre Ríos and to the government of Uruguay for eco-tourism purposes, it was reported during the weekend.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Motion to impeach Mayor of Montevideo filed

  

  Montevideo Councilors from the National (White) and Colorado parties have filed for the impeachment of Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) Mayor Carolina Cosse over her allegedly repeated failure to submit a series of reports requested from her office.