Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

Monday, September 5th 2022 - 23:56 UTC
Luis Lacalle Pou won’t attend UN General Assembly

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will not attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations to be held in New York. Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo will attend in his place, reported El Observador and confirmed MercoPress with sources from the Foreign Ministry.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:14 UTC
Uruguayan President stopping for a bite goes viral

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou was photographed while caught by a patron as he sat at the bar of a Montevideo restaurant in the exclusive Carrasco area Saturday to have a “Hungarian” sandwich and a beer.
Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:05 UTC
Uruguayan leaders condemn CFK incident

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou expressed his solidarity Friday morning with Argentine Vice President with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) following the failed assassination attempt against her late on Thursday.
Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:19 UTC
Uruguayan President praises law enforcement, would like better results

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou said he was pleased with the way the Ministry of the Interior and the Police were handling the latest increase in violence. But he added that, as long as some violence remained, he could not be happy yet about the results.
Tuesday, August 16th 2022 - 07:27 UTC
Uruguay's Lacalle gets highest approval ratings in LatAm

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou tops the list of most-approved Latin American heads of state, according to an Ipsos survey released Monday.
Monday, August 15th 2022 - 21:27 UTC
Uruguay adopts pioneering plan for treating patients with strokes

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou last week signed the decree whereby his country would join the Global Stroke Alliance, after an international conference held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 09:15 UTC
Uruguay: Lacalle admits to changing his mind over retirement age

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday admitted he had defaulted on one of his campaign promises of not raising the retirement age, because “it was impossible” not to modify it.
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Lacalle Pou and Zelensky hold a telephone conversation: here's what they talked about

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone and conveyed to him the South American country's stance condemning Russia's invasion.
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 07:34 UTC
Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announces

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.
Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:30 UTC
Uruguayan FM hopes other Mercosur countries will join Chinese FTA talks

After meeting Monday with members of a Chinese delegation who are in Montevideo since Saturday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said he hoped the other members of Mercosur would soon join the Free Trade Agreement negotiations because the Asian giant was “open to cooperation both with Mercosur and with the particular member country.”