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Montevideo, October 19th 2025 - 11:17 UTC

Tag: Yamandú Orsi

  • Wednesday, February 5th 2025 - 09:01 UTC

    Orsi evaluating candidates for Buenos Aires Embassy

    Cánepa is reportedly the frontrunner for the position

    Uruguay's future government to be inaugurated on March 1 is evaluating candidates for the Embassy in Buenos Aires. According to local media, former Assistant Presidential Secretary Diego Cánepa seems to be the leading candidate to fill the vacancy left by Carlos Enciso, who resigned to focus on his possible candidacy for the Florida City Council. Foreign Minister Omar Paganini confirmed the position would remain unfilled until the change of government.

  • Tuesday, February 4th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Boric meets in Montevideo with Lacalle Pou, Orsi, Mujica, and Topolansky

    “There are those who invite hatred and persecute those who are different,” Boric stressed

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font landed in Montevideo Monday in what is his first visit to Uruguay since taking office. He held meetings with like-minded President-elect Yamandú Orsi and former head of State José Pepe Mujica, among other local leaders to discuss how to further strengthen regional integration.

  • Monday, February 3rd 2025 - 20:07 UTC

    Orsi not moving to Presidential residency post inauguration

    Orsi chose not to relocate so that his children could attend high school in their hometown, 38 kilometers from Montevideo

    Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi announced that he will not be occupying the Suárez y Reyes Residence after taking office on March 1 but would rather stay at his current domicile in Salinas. “With my family, we already solved some things, like staying there in Salinas. My children are moving on to another stage,” he added regarding their attending high school.

  • Monday, January 13th 2025 - 21:32 UTC

    Uruguay's President-elect to undergo cataract surgery

    Orsi's two operations will be performed Tuesday and Thursday in Montevideo

    Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi will undergo cataract surgery in the next few days, due to which he will be pausing his transition agenda, it was reported Monday in Montevideo. According to Orsi's press team, the former Mayor (Governor) of Canelones had been postponing these procedures until it was decided to have them performed between Tuesday and Thursday. Orsi is expected to recover soon, so as to resume his activities leading up to his March 1 inauguration.

  • Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    José Mujica announces the progress of his disease: “I am doomed, this is as far as I've come”

    Mujica faces the end of his life with a clear message: “I am doomed. This is as far as I've come”.

    Former Uruguayan President José Mujica (2010-2015) revealed that the esophageal cancer he was diagnosed with in April 2023 has spread to his liver, which he considers an end point in his medical treatment. “I am dying. I don't want to suffer in vain, my body can't take any more,” he declared in an interview published Thursday by the weekly Búsqueda.

  • Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 09:05 UTC

    Rousseff offers Uruguay NDB financing opportunities

    “Uruguay is used to working with other historical entities, and this is very new,” Orsi said after meeting with Rousseff

    Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who now chairs the BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB) said Friday after meeting with Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi at the latter's transition headquarters that the South American country was “best positioned” to access financing at lower rates for digital, social infrastructure, and education developments.

  • Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Orsi tells US Ambassador: “We will continue working together”

    Fulton said there is no date yet for Uruguayans to be included in the US visa waiver program

    Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi promised US Ambassador Heide Fulton that “we will continue working together” after his March 1 inauguration. During their meeting Tuesday at the Hampton by Hilton hotel in Montevideo where Orsi set up his transition offices, the diplomat replied that her office would keep working to add Uruguayan nationals to the visa waiver program.

  • Monday, December 9th 2024 - 10:13 UTC

    Monzeglio optimistic about Uruguay's upcoming summer season

    Monzeglio foresees a profitable season before the Government changeover in March

    Uruguay's Undersecretary of Tourism Remo Monzeglio said this weekend that he was optimistic about the 2024-25 season for his country, with numerous domestic and also foreign travelers expected, both from cruise ships as well as from neighboring Argentina and Brazil.

  • Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    What will the Mercosur summit discuss?

    As Uruguay prepares to hand over Mercosur’s pro tempore presidency to Argentina, this summit could define the bloc’s path forward amid global trade uncertainties

    Montevideo will host the XLV Mercosur Summit on 5-6 December, bringing together South American leaders to discuss pressing regional issues. Outgoing Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou will chair the meeting, along with Argentina's Javier Milei, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's Santiago Peña. Uruguay's President-elect Yamandú Orsi will also attend.

  • Monday, December 2nd 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    Milei pushes for trade flexibility at Mercosur Summit, eyes U.S. agreement

    Milei’s push for individual trade autonomy aligns with Lacalle Pou’s vision

    Argentine President Javier Milei will attend the Mercosur summit in Montevideo on December 5-6, advocating for the bloc’s members to gain the freedom to sign independent trade agreements. This marks a departure from Mercosur’s traditional collective bargaining stance but stops short of proposing an exit from the bloc.