Tag: Uruguay Congress

• Wednesday, March 3rd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Uruguayan president addresses Congress and anticipates a year of structural reforms

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou addressed Congress on Tuesday to report on his first year and one day in office, underlining the extraordinary 2020 pandemic year which surprised the world, and Uruguay, but he also made several announcements referred to future activities and investments.

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• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguayan Legislative approves limitation of right to assembly until 10 January

  

  The Uruguayan parliament passed a bill limiting the constitutional right of assembly and closing the borders, both temporarily as part of a package of measures to help contain a spiked of the coronavirus virus.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  The democratic challenge to dictatorships and xenophobia in Latin America

  

  During the conference entitled “The democratic challenge to the autocracies of the 21st century in Latin America,” organized by the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) on Tuesday at the Senate of Uruguay, the Government of Venezuela was described as a “dictatorship” and it was exhorted that the democratic governments of the region, especially the Uruguayan government, not be indifferent or “accomplices” against today’s Latin America’s autocratic governments.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 00:36 UTC

  Uruguay passes bill that decriminalizes abortion under certain circumstances

  

  Uruguay's Congress voted narrowly to decriminalize abortion under certain circumstances, mainly during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The Senate voted 17 to 14 in favour of the controversial bill, which was passed by the lower house last month after 14 hours of debate. President Jose Mujica said he would sign the bill into law.