Tag: Montevideo

• Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 18:10 UTC

  Roger Waters denied hotel rooms in Buenos Aires, Montevideo for his stance on Middle East issues

  

  Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has been denied room bookings at two Montevideo hotels because of his anti-Israel stance on the ongoing Middle East conflict with the terrorist group Hamas.

• Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 22:55 UTC

  Four out of ten Uruguayans unaware of the reason for the holiday on Constitution Day

  

  In celebration of Constitution Day, a national holiday in Uruguay, local TV program Telemundo took to the streets, traversing the bustling Avenida 18 de Julio, the most important in Montevideo's downtown, to gauge the public's awareness and engagement on this significant occasion. However, a surprising revelation emerged during their interviews with the public, as it was found that a considerable portion of Uruguayans interviewed remained uninformed about the reason for the holiday.

• Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Shortage of drinking water in Montevideo getting critical

  

  Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse will ask the National Emergency System (Sinae) to step in as the shortage of drinking water in the Uruguayan capital gets more and more serious. The city and the Metropolitan area is feared to run out of drinking water in between 20 to 30 days due to lack of rainfall.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Supreme Court gives thumbs down to Pepín

  

  Uruguay's Supreme Court Tuesday voted against granting refugee status to former Macrist lobbyist Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón, who is staying in Montevideo to avoid an arrest warrant from Buenos Aires claiming political persecution and parliamentary immunity as a member of Parlasur.

• Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Montevideo hosts Mercociudades convention

  

  Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse Tuesday welcomed dignitaries from over 20 cities from Mercosur and also from Chile for the first Mercociudades meeting of the year which the Uruguayan capital is hosting.

• Thursday, March 9th 2023 - 10:02 UTC

  Uruguayan women stage 8M demonstrations and commemorations

  

  Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse took center stage during the Women's Day demonstrations across Avenida 18 de Julio organized by 50 feminist collectives under the motto “against hunger and oppression”.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Montevideo is the most expensive city in Latin America, according to study by Argentine university

  

  The Torcuato Di Tella University together with Zonaprop, a real estate website, prepared a real estate report in which they made a ranking of the most expensive cities to live in Latin America, in which Montevideo appears as the most expensive of all.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Motion to impeach Mayor of Montevideo filed

  

  Montevideo Councilors from the National (White) and Colorado parties have filed for the impeachment of Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) Mayor Carolina Cosse over her allegedly repeated failure to submit a series of reports requested from her office.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Ports of Montevideo, Colonia and Buenos Aires had to be closed on Monday due to fog

  

  After the strong reduction in visibility registered in the country this Monday due to fog and mist, which according to the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) will persist until next Thursday, the ports of Montevideo, Colonia, and Buenos Aires decided to close, reported the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

  Biden picks candidate for Montevideo Embassy

  

  US President Joseph Biden has chosen his nominee for the position of Ambassador to Montevideo, which now needs Congressional approval.