Tag: rivera

• Thursday, June 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

  Stolen Uruguayan aircraft ends up making emergency landing in Paraguay

  

  A single-engined Cessna 206 airplane stolen from an Aeroclub in Rivera (Uruguay) ended up making an emergency landing in Paraguay after reportedly running out of fuel.

• Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

  Authorities seize backpack with explosives on Uruguay-Brazil border

  

  A backpack containing an explosive device was picked up by authorities on the line between the cities of Rivera in Uruguay and Santana do Livramento in Brazil, it was reported Sunday.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree to boost tourism at the border

  

  Tourism authorities from Brazil and Uruguay agreed over the weekend on a series of measures to boost the industry between the two countries during the Brazil-Uruguay Integration Forum held July 30 at the Rivera City Hall.

• 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.

• Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:57 UTC

  Dramatic Covid-19 situation in Southern Brazil threatens Rivera, Uruguay

  

  Uruguay is very concerned, and threatened, by the situation in the city of Rivera, bordering the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul state, where the number of infections is alarming and continues to grow, while the Intensive Care Centers in the capital Porto Alegre are saturated.