Tag: Tabaré Vázquez

• Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Uruguay to auction a controversial 41 year old jet used as VIP transport by the previous government

  

  Uruguay has begun a process to auction the British Aerospace BAe 125-700A business jet acquired in 2017 by the country’s previous government for use as a presidential transport for then head of the Executive Tabare Vazquez.

• Monday, March 2nd 2020 - 10:06 UTC

  Government rotation in democratic Uruguay: business as usual

  

  It was a March sunny Sunday in Montevideo, and for the solid democracy of Uruguay, business as usual. An outgoing center government was replaced by a center-right coalition that emerged victorious from the runoff last November. Despite fifteen years in office, three mandates, Luis Lacalle Pou, 46, is the new president for the next five years and for the first time with a woman vice president, notary Beatriz Argimón.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina pledges to review the 30% “tourism tax” situation in 180 days

  

  Argentina’s Tourism Minister has committed to reviewing a 30% “tourism tax” applied when travelers from the country pay for goods and services abroad in U.S. dollars, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told local news portal Infobae.

• Tuesday, January 7th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Pompeo and Uruguay president elect Lacalle Pou look forward to a closer partnership

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke on Monday to Uruguayan president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou to congratulate him on his November 24 presidential election victory and to discuss expanding bilateral economic engagement and deeper political cooperation.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Uruguayan president confident he is overcoming lung cancer

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez clinical studies of the oncologic treatment he is undergoing “are satisfactory with no current evidence of the illness. He will continue with periodic controls, keeping to his normal activities in government”

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay president elect hopes pragmatism prevails over ideology in Mercosur

  

  Mercosur faces a tense future, the president-elect of Uruguay said on Monday, referring to a diplomatic spat between regional heavyweight economies Brazil and Argentina. Brazil’s right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s incoming leader, left-leaning Peronist Alberto Fernandez, have sparred openly.

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay's incumbent candidate salutes president elect Lacalle Pou; transition talks begin next Monday

  

  Luis Lacalle Pou of the center-right National Party won Uruguay’s presidency after his rival conceded four days after a runoff election. A second vote count by the country's Electoral Court confirmed and widened the neck to neck difference between the president elect and the incumbent candidate

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Winds of change in Uruguay: ruling coalition stumbles, next government will be “multicolor”

  

  Winds of change have swept in Uruguay. After fifteen years in office, and enjoying an absolute legislative majority, the Broad Front could lose control of the Executive on 24 November, when a runoff is scheduled among the two most voted candidates this Sunday.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay votes on Sunday with a strong forecast change in the air

  

  Uruguayans head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, 30 senators and 99 Lower House members. If none of the eleven presidential candidates manages 50% of cast votes plus one on 27 October, a runoff between the two hopefuls with most support is scheduled for 24 November.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay votes a criminal reform “Living without fear” to combat rising insecurity

  

  Uruguayans will pick a successor to President Tabare Vazquez on Sunday as well as voting on crime-busting constitutional reform to establish a national guard force and create full life terms for the most serious offenses.