Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Canadian rating agency praises Uruguay's fiscal consolidation and raises BBB- trend from stable to positive

  

  Canadian credit rating agency, DBRS Morningstar confirmed Uruguay's Long-Term Foreign and Local-Currency – Issuer Ratings at BBB-, and at the same time, elevated its prospect from stable to positive.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 23:37 UTC

  Lacalle ratifies Uruguay's stance regarding Mercosur opening up to the world

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has insisted Mercosur needed modernizing and it is along those lines that his country was seeking one-on-one free-trade deals with the United States and China

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities to negotiate the purchase of booster vaccines for foreigners with Pfizer

  

  Uruguay's Secretary to the Presidency Álvaro Delgado is to meet with the regional manager of the Pfizer laboratory to finalize the details for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines with which the administration of President Luis Lacalle Pou hopes to lure more foreign tourists into the country for the Summer season.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Brazil, Uruguay FMs stay mum after Montevideo meeting: rumors soar

  

  Silence prevailed Monday in Montevideo after Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França to discuss bilateral issues, particularly a possible 10% reduction of Common External Tariffs among Mercosur members.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay to make vaccination an option for tourists after borders reopen

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera Thursday announced his country would include COVID-19 vaccination to incoming foreign travellers when the country's borders are fully reopened.

• Thursday, October 14th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Uruguayan President highlights the importance of freedom

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou was highly praised for his speech before rural producers of his country and Argentina, where he addressed the issue of freedom.

• Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Uruguay will trade with the world, President Lacalle announces

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Friday told the America Business Forum in Punta del Este that his country was moving forward in trading with the world because it is what needs to be done.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 19:23 UTC

  Uruguayan President's rating of approval back on its way up, poll says

  

  Popular support to Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou, which had been declining in the past few months, has resumed its upward trend and grew 5% since July's, a study conducted by pollsters Factum has shown.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguayan gov't appoints preliminary team to advance on FTA with China

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Tuesday announced the formation of a preliminary negotiating team to start talks with China over a future free trade agreement.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President to announce measures in view of Argentine border reopening

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou will be announcing Tuesday a package of measures to contain the impact on businesses in areas bordering Argentina for when the latter reopens its borders on October 1.