Tag: Uruguay

Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Uruguayan navy seizes record haul of 4.4 tons of cocaine in the port of Montevideo

Uruguayan authorities seized a record haul of 4.4 tons of cocaine at the port of Montevideo in what the navy described on Friday as “the biggest blow to drug trafficking in the country's history.”
Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 10:53 UTC
Ms O'Connor, new UK ambassador to Uruguay, takes appointment in August 2020

Ms. Faye O’Connor OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Uruguay in succession to Mr. Ian Duddy who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms. O’Connor will take up her appointment in August 2020.
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”
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro calls on Mercosur for a quick implementation of the trade agreement with the EU

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Mercosur trade block needs to hurry up and implement agreements the group has negotiated.
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.
Sunday, December 1st 2019 - 02:22 UTC
UK delegation travelling for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate

This Sunday, December first members of the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans leave for Chile, Uruguay and Argentina to recall events of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate, 13 December 1939.
Saturday, November 30th 2019 - 07:20 UTC
Uruguay expects some 200 cruise calls this 2019/20 season

Uruguay is expecting some 200 cruise calls this 2019/20 season, which is 30% higher than in 2018/19, while Montevideo has become an exchange port for incoming and outgoing cruise passengers, given its good services and connectivity, announced Tourism minister Liliam Kechichian during the official launching of the current season.
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, November 25th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Uruguay's presidential runoff results delayed because of the very tight results

Uruguay Sunday's presidential runoff results have been so tight that the Electoral Court will only make a definitive announcement sometime late this week after it has completed counting all votes, including some 34.000, classified as “observed”. This is because the difference between the two candidates is some 29.000 votes.
Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Uruguay Sunday's presidential runoff, a multicolor power switching with strong winds of change

This Sunday 2.7 million Uruguayans will cast their ballots in the presidential runoff, which according to all opinion poll forecasts, will have Luis Lacalle Pou, the leader of an opposition multicolor alliance as head of the Executive next March, but equally significant, power switching, it will mark the end of fifteen years of almost undisputed predominance of a catch-all coalition, Broad Front, which ruled South America's smallest country for three consecutive five-year mandates.