Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Lacalle announces free trade zone coming up in Uruguayan department of Maldonado

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced Thursday in La Capuera that plans were underway to create a free trade zone in the department of Maldonado.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Fact Checking: Uruguayan President took less scientific-recommended measures than he stated

  

  The information check unit of French international news agency AFP Friday announced it had detected a statement by Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou that 24.5 of the 27 sanitary measures recommended by his honorary scientific advising committee known as GACH was not accurate.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Lacalle Pou wants Uruguay to compete in an unprotected foreign trade scenario

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday during the virtual Export Day celebrations that “we like to play on a large court, and not on a small, protected one.”

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Vaccination campaign has reached more than half of Uruguay's population with at least one dose

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry Tuesday reported that around 1,807,000 people, that is 51.15% of the country's population, have already been administered at least one dose of an anti-coronavirus vaccine.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Minister Guedes says Brazil favors the modernizing of Mercosur

  

  “We are liberal but not stupid,” said Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Thursday during a virtual event where he explained that his country has no intention of leaving Mercosur, but it does want to modernize it.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Montevideo gyms get back to work (out)

  

  Montevideo's gyms, clubs and sports centres reopened their doors Monday, albeit with only 30% per cent capacity allowed and provided all sanitary protocols are observed.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguay developing vaccination pass for public shows

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday admitted his government is evaluating the implementation of a “green passport” for admission into public shows.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay's GACH praised by prestigious scientific magazine

  

  The group of advisers to Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou in covid-19 matters, commonly known as GACH (Honorary Scientific Advisory Group), was highly acclaimed by the Nature magazine.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Coronavirus restrictions stretched to May 23 in Uruguay

  

  The Government of Uruguay Wednesday decided to extend the restrictive measures currently in force against the coronavirus pandemic until May 23, it was announced.

• Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Pepe Mujica joins campaign against Uruguayan government law

  

  Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica Wednesday launched an appeal to call for a referendum to revoke 135 articles of a government's Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which his opponents describe as retrograde.