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Montevideo, November 22nd 2024 - 00:31 UTC

Tag: Omar Paganini

  • Thursday, February 29th 2024 - 11:31 UTC

    Uruguay signs MOU to produce green hydrogen locally

    In the long run, synthetic fuel could be used as a substitute for the fuel currently in use, Paganini explained

    The Government of Uruguay Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the company HIF for the building of a green hydrogen plant in the department (province) of Paysandú. The US$ 6 billion investment is expected to generate some 3,000 jobs.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    US-Uruguay holding key ministerial meeting in DC

    Omar Paganini will head the Uruguayan delegation

    The second US-Uruguay Annual Bilateral Inter-Ministerial Dialogue meeting is to take place Thursday in Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini will co-chair the dialogue.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

    Uruguay's Ambassador to Buenos Aires cautioned for attending party event in Montevideo

    Carlos Enciso (right) with Presidential candidate Álvaro Delgado (left). For as long as he is an Ambassador, Enciso may not engage in party politics.

    Uruguay's Foreign Minister Omar Paganini cautioned his country's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Carlos Enciso for attending a meeting at the National Party headquarters in Montevideo hosted by former Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado as part of his bid to reach Torre Ejecutiva next year.

  • Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 10:19 UTC

    Uruguay and Argentina agree to move on with River Plate dredging

    “The deepening of regional integration is a necessary tool to achieve higher levels of development,” Mondino and Paganini said in a joint statement

    Foreign Ministers Omar Paganini and Diana Mondino agreed Wednesday during a one-on-one meeting in Asunción (Paraguay) that Uruguay and Argentina needed to move forward with the dredging of the 14-meter access channel to the port of Montevideo. Argentina's Mondino and Uruguay's Paganini met before the Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) in the Paraguayan capital.

  • 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.

  • Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 20:50 UTC

    Uruguay confident in EU-sponsored sustainable energy matrix program

    Technology and knowledge require a legal framework providing certainty and stability, Paganini argued

    Uruguay's Industry Minister Omar Paganini highlighted the AL-Invest Verde program for its ambitiousness regarding sustainable development which will position the South American country as a regional innovation hub.

  • Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

    Uruguay going through “2nd energy transition,” minister says

    The MIEM's stand at Expo Prado is focused on raising awareness about electric mobility, energy efficiency, and the use of renewable resources

    Uruguay's Industry Minister Omar Paganini Tuesday said during the traditional rural Expo Prado fair in Montevideo that his country was going through a second energy transition.

  • Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC

    Price of gasoline at pumps drops slightly in Uruguay

    Paganini explained a compromise decision was made to keep the price of diesel fuel unchanged

    Uruguayan authorities have announced a UY$ 3 (US$ 0.074) reduction in the price of gasoline at pumps effective Thursday. Energy Minister Omar Paganini also explained the price of supergas (cooking gas) and diesel fuel would remain unchanged.

  • Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

    Lacalle Pou signals price of meat to go up in Uruguay

    “We are in a very volatile moment,” Lacalle said

    Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday heralded there would be news regarding the price of meat and some other “fundamental inputs.” He also announced the measures will be announced at different times, and they also will be “internal, except for some imports of meat cuts.”

  • Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

    Uruguay eyes energy exports from sea wind farms

    Stipanicic hoped in the next five years there would be projects operating in the Uruguayan sea

    The government of Uruguay is willing to promote the generation of energy for export, by installing wind farms with wind turbines on the maritime platform, it was reported Wednesday in Montevideo.