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Montevideo, May 17th 2025 - 00:52 UTC

Tag: Yamandú Orsi

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 18:30 UTC

    Lula lands in Montevideo for Mujica's memorial

    Lula met with Topolansky, Orsi, and Boric in front of Mujica's casket. Photo: Frente Amplio

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva landed in Montevideo Thursday for the memorial of former Uruguayan head of State José Pepe Mujica at the Legislative Palace. The Brazilian leader, flying straight from China, where he attended a series of multinational engagements, met with Mujica's widow and former Vice President Lucía Topolansky, current Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi, and Chile's Gabriel Boric Font, who also participated in the Asian gatherings.

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  • Sunday, May 11th 2025 - 23:50 UTC

    Former Uruguayan President José Mujica misses municipal election day due to health concerns

    Current Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi confirmed Mujica’s deteriorating health after visiting him on Friday. “He's in very bad shape,” Orsi told reporters.

    Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, a global icon of humility and leftist politics, did not participate in Sunday’s municipal elections due to serious health issues. The 88-year-old former leader, known for his austere lifestyle and philosophical reflections, remained at his rural home west of Montevideo.

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  • Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

    Orsi disagrees with Pepe Mujica on PIT-CNT's role during previous gov't

    Orsi also insisted that an agreement needs to be reached on the Neptune drinking water project

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi disagreed with former President José Pepe Mujica’s remarks about the PIT-CNT union during a May 1st event, noting he discussed “more important things” with his former mentor. He also reckoned on taking note of the labor grouping's approach, particularly regarding upcoming wage council negotiations.

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  • Saturday, April 26th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

    Ancap back in the red after 5 years of Multicolor rule, Orsi says

    Orsi announced a management overhaul that would not impact Uruguayan consumers

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi announced Friday that the state-owned fuel company Ancap recorded a loss of US$ 118 million last year under the opposition government of Luis Lacalle Pou, contrasting with a US$ 41 million profit in 2019 when the country was headed by the late Tabaré Vázquez of the currently ruling Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA).

  • Friday, April 25th 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Uruguay halts Neptuno water supply project for 90 days

    Orsi's government wants to review the terms of the contract signed by the previous administration

    The Uruguayan Government of President Yamandú Orsi and the Aguas de Montevideo consortium signed an agreement Thursday to suspend the Neptuno Project contract for 90 days. This temporary halt pauses the construction of the Arazatí water treatment plant to renegotiate terms established under the previous administration. A Torre Ejecutiva working group will review the contract to ensure a sustainable drinking water supply and institutional transparency.

  • Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:48 UTC

    Uruguay's new Housing Minister to be sworn in Tuesday

    Paseyro is to be sworn in during Tuesday's Council of Ministers meeting

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi picked Tamara Paseyro, previously the director of Social and Urban Integration at the Ministry of Housing and Territorial Ordering (MVOT), to become the new Minister of Housing, replacing Cecilia Cairo following her resignation amid a days-long scandal regarding unpaid taxes on her residence in Montevideo’s Pajas Blancas area.

  • Friday, April 18th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Uruguay's housing minister resigns over unpaid taxes on her residence

    Cairo held a meeting with Orsi before announcing her departure

    Cecilia Cairo resigned as Uruguay's Minister of Housing and Territorial Planning on Thursday following controversy over her failure to regularize her house’s construction and update its real estate taxes for at least 20 years, making minimum payments incompatible with the residence's size. President Yamandú Orsi plans to accept her resignation through a formal note on Friday.

  • Tuesday, April 15th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Orsi reviews fraud allegations and congratulates Noboa on his win

    Vargas Llosa was a “genius” regardless of his ideology, Orsi also pointed out

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi congratulated Daniel Noboa on his reelection in Ecuador after discussing the fraud allegations with Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin, it was reported in Montevideo. The Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) leader also mourned the passing of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa and reviewed the Arazatí Water Project as well as the country's situation regarding soup kitchens and homelessness.

  • Thursday, April 10th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

    Petro and Orsi discuss ambitious projects for Latin America

    The meeting between the two leaders took place in a Tegucigalpa café

    Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi agreed Wednesday in Tegucigalpa with his Colombian colleague Gustavo Petro to advance Latin American integration through a continental electricity grid powered by renewable energy, a regional pharmaceutical agency to produce essential medicines, and cooperation in artificial intelligence, quantum mathematics, and space exploration.

  • Wednesday, April 9th 2025 - 08:04 UTC

    Mercosur forecasts excellent rice crop, but with India back in the market, prices are expected to fall

    Record rice harvests in Uruguay but logistic costs are too high and tariffs are also a challenge

    Mercosur is expecting one of the best rice harvests of the last decade, and particularly in Uruguay (exporter of prime quality rice), yields of harvested fields are indicating possible new records. However Uruguay rice farmers are facing trade, price and logistics hurdles, according to farmer Karol Pinczak.

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