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Montevideo, July 2nd 2025 - 12:40 UTC

Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

  • Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 08:27 UTC

    Uruguay's Navy turns 206 years old

    The ceremony was attended by Lacalle Pou, García, Wilson, and other high-ranking officials

    The Uruguayan Navy celebrated its 206th anniversary Wednesday during a ceremony attended by President Luis Lacalle Pou, Defense Minister Javier García, Navy Chief Admiral Jorge Wilson, and other high-ranking officials, according to reports from Montevideo.

  • Saturday, November 11th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Former VP Astori, architect of Uruguay's 21st century economy, dead at age 83

    Astori was elected many times to the Senate, served as Economy Minister twice under President Tabaré Vázquez, and was VP under José “Pepe” Mujica

    Former Uruguayan Vice President Danilo Astori (2010-2015) died Friday at the age of 83 from complications following a hip fracture for which he had been hospitalized since late October, it was reported in Montevideo. Astori had resigned his seat on the Senate late last year due to other health problems.

  • Monday, November 6th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Uruguayan political crisis: Opposition demands accountability amid passport scandal

    “We cannot allow drug trafficking to get into politics,” Pereira argued

    Uruguayan opposition chairman Fernando Pereira insisted Sunday in Montevideo that the political crisis over the issuance of a passport to notorious drug trafficker Sebastián Marset is not over, despite the cabinet reshuffle announced Saturday by President Luis Lacalle Pou, who broke a two-day silence on the political crisis that began with leaked audios between the former foreign minister and his vice minister.

  • Sunday, November 5th 2023 - 12:24 UTC

    Major cabinet reshuffle in Montevideo amid scandal

    Lacalle made the announcements upon his return from Washington DC

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced a cabinet reshuffle Saturday evening from the Torre Ejecutiva after meeting earlier in the day with leaders of the ruling Multicolor coalition at the Suárez y Reyes residence to address the crisis sparked by the resignation last Wednesday of Francisco Bustillo as foreign minister amid a scandal over the issuance of a passport to known drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.

  • Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:55 UTC

    Uruguay: Deep political crisis awaits Lacalle Pou upon returning from the US

    Lacalle is to meet first with members of the ruling Multicolor coalition and then with opposition leader Fernando Pereira

    After meeting with his US colleague Joseph Biden on Friday in Washington DC, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has a busy agenda ahead of him Saturday back at home after the crisis sparked by the resignation of Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo, who was involved in a cover-up following the highly irregular issuance of a passport to wanted drug trafficker Sebastián Marset.

  • Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Biden pledges to boost regional trade before leaders of the Americas

    “We want to make sure that our closest neighbors know that they have a choice,” Biden told the attendees

    US President Joseph Biden pledged in Washington DC before a dozen leaders from Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, and Uruguay to boost economic ties while standing up to China and other global competitors seeking their slice of regional businesses.

  • Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister resigns amid scandal involving well-known drug trafficker

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister resigns amid scandal involving well-known drug trafficker

    Francisco Bustillo Wednesday turned in his resignation as Foreign Minister of Uruguay after audios of a conversation he had with then Deputy-Foreign Minister Carolina Ache about internationally-wanted drug trafficker Sebastián Marset went viral, it was reported in Montevideo. President Luis Lacalle Pou is on an official trip to the United States as this crisis unfolds.

  • Thursday, October 26th 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Uruguay doing its best to help Hamas-held hostage

    Shani Goren Horovitz met the requirements to be granted Uruguayan citizenship and now Lacalle's administration is brokering her release

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou explained Wednesday that the South American country's Foreign Ministry was engaged in the ongoing talks for the release of the hostages in the hands of the pro-Palestine terrorist group Hamas.

  • Thursday, October 12th 2023 - 09:08 UTC

    Penadés expelled from Uruguay's Senate

    It was not an easy day for President Lacalle Pou, who had known the disgraced politician for 30 years

    Uruguay's Senate unanimously voted Wednesday to expel Gustavo Penadés as a member after he was handed down 180 days of pre-trial detention for his alleged involvement in 22 sexual crimes, it was announced in Montevideo.

  • Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 12:24 UTC

    Uruguayan President's son makes football top-notch debut

    “Football is enough,” Lacalle Ponce de León said about getting into politics

    Luis Lacalle Ponce de León, son of Uruguay's current President Luis Lacalle Pou and grandson of former head of state Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera (1990-1995), made his First Division football debut this week, it was reported in Montevideo.