Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• 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.

• Thursday, April 29th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Uruguayan schools to reopen gradually in May

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced a gradual return to on-site schooling for a third of nationwide students as of next Monday.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Former Uruguayan Vice President Gonzalo Aguirre dies at age 81

  

  Former Uruguayan Vice President Gonzalo Aguirre Ramírez (1990-1995) has died at the age of 81 in Montevideo, it was announced. He had been hospitalized since March 19 after having caught covid-19.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  External tariffs discussed at Mercosur foreign ministers virtual meeting

  

  The Government of Argentina Monday submitted a proposal for the average reduction of the Common External Tariffs during a virtual meeting of Southern Common Market (Mercosur)'s Foreign Ministers, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Uruguayan President: competition between countries must not prevail to fight covid-19

  

  During his speech at the XXVII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government, which is held in Andorra although most participants make only video appearances, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday launched an appeal to his fellow leaders to find new ways in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic.

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 12:07 UTC

  Uruguayan President seizes Pfizer vaccines Argentine neglected, press reports

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou successfully carried out a personal negotiation with the Pfizer laboratory in Buenos Aires in December as talks between the Argentine government and the manufacturers of the vaccine began to stall, it was reported.

• Wednesday, April 14th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguayan duty free shops seek ways to cut down losses amid anti-covid-19 restrictions

  

  Uruguayan duty-free shops in the Brazil bordering location of Rivera Tuesday hoped a solution will be found soon to their need to reopen their businesses after a meeting with federal authorities.

• Thursday, April 8th 2021 - 10:50 UTC

  Uruguay: The second highest population-related covid-19 deaths in South America in the last week

  

  Following the latest death toll from covid-19 in Uruguay (238 in the last seven days), the country moved up to second place in South America in terms of the number of deaths from the disease relative to its population (3.5 million) in the last week. A study shows that the behaviour of the population in the face of the pandemic during 2020 has changed in the last weeks, resulting in more mobility amid record daily cases and a progressive vaccination program.