Tag: Montevideo

Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
American Airlines cancels routes from the US to Montevideo and Santiago

American Airlines has extended the suspension and cancellation of numerous international flights including to regions that have not yet been severely impacted by the coronavirus, such as Latin America. The Fort-Worth-based airline says on 10 March that it is cutting summer international capacity by about 10% and April domestic capacity by 7.5% in response to decreasing demand.
Tuesday, February 16th 2021 - 08:49 UTC
Argos Pereira Peruvian crew member hospitalized in Montevideo

One of the crew members from the Falklands bound trawler Argos Pereira, currently retained in Montevideo with 28 Covid-19 cases tested positive, had to be evacuated Monday afternoon and taken to a local hospital, because of further complications to his health situation.
Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 16:30 UTC
Uruguayan ex-president Tabaré Vázquez has died

Former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died on Sunday morning aged 80 from lung cancer, which he had been suffering from since 2019, in the final stretch of his second presidency. His successor, President Luis Lacalle Pou, announced three days of national mourning.
Saturday, December 5th 2020 - 10:34 UTC
Record Covid-19 infections in Uruguay: 1825 active cases

Uruguay detected 284 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, reaching the record number of 1825 active cases, a few days after the barrier of a thousand cases was overcome and the government of Luis Lacalle Pou announced restrictive mobility measures last Monday.
Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Uruguay authorities pledge to improve conditions for Spanish fishing vessels in port of Montevideo

Uruguayan authorities have pledged to respond to complaints from the Spanish fleet fishing in the South Atlantic and which normally operates from the port of Montevideo where they call for supplies and cargo transshipments.
Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:21 UTC
Municipal election in Uruguay: a woman the next mayor of Montevideo and an estimated 90% voters turnout

The next mayor of Uruguay's capital is a woman, Carolina Cosse, an electronics engineer, who has worked in the private sector and more recently in government as head of Uruguay's telecom company and minister of industry.
Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Uruguay is winning against Covid-19: This is how

by Luke Taylor, The British Medical Journal – Latin America continues to suffer some of the worst tolls of Covid-19, with over seven million recorded infections accounting for nearly half of all daily deaths. But in the region's Southern Cone there is a clear outlier wedged between Brazil to the east, with over 3.5 million confirmed cases, and Argentina to the west, with half a million.
Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
UK and Argentine ambassadors present credentials to Uruguayan president Lacalle Pou

Six new ambassadors, including Faye O'Connor from UK, presented their Letters of Accreditation to Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, during a ceremony at Government House on Thursday.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:08 UTC
Korean trawler catches fire in Montevideo port and is towed out to the bay

A Korean flagged trawler on Tuesday noon was towed away from Montevideo port docks to the bay after it caught fire fearing explosion threats from fuel and ammonia cylinders tanks.
Thursday, April 16th 2020 - 10:59 UTC
End of “Greg Mortimer” cruise ordeal: last fifteen passengers flying to US and UK

The final leg of the humanitarian repatriation of passengers on board an Antarctic cruise, stranded in Uruguay and most of them testing positive for coronavirus, ended Wednesday afternoon when they boarded in Uruguay's Carrasco international airport a sanitary charter to Miami.