Uruguay

Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 10:32 UTC
Uruguay and Argentina seek to stop the green hydrogen plant repeating the pulp mill conflict

The governments of Uruguay and Argentina are trying to contain tensions surrounding the green hydrogen and synthetic fuels plant that HIF Global plans to build in the Uruguayan department of Paysandú, on the Uruguay river, after a statement by President Yamandú Orsi drew three consecutive denials from the Argentine side.
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Tuesday, September 1st 2026 - 09:49 UTC
Uruguay's central bank marks five years without intervening in the currency market

The Central Bank of Uruguay completed five years on Monday without intervening in the foreign exchange market. Its last operation was a purchase of 31.2 million dollars in 2021. Its president, Guillermo Tolosa, described the milestone as of “enormous” importance and said the country is going through a period of “absolutely free floating of the currency”.
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Friday, August 28th 2026 - 19:35 UTC
The US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US market, among them Argentina and Uruguay. The main beneficiaries will be Brazil and Paraguay.
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Thursday, August 27th 2026 - 21:43 UTC
Drums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada

Uruguay bade farewell on Thursday to musician Ruben Rada with a wake open to the public at the Legislative Palace, the seat of parliament, after hundreds of people had gathered the previous night with drums in the neighbourhood where he grew up, with no official summons involved.
Wednesday, August 26th 2026 - 22:26 UTC
Ruben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83

Uruguayan singer, composer and percussionist Ruben Rada died on Wednesday at the age of 83 in Montevideo. His family announced the death on the artist's social media accounts, specifying that it occurred at 3.30pm, “after fighting for a month against pneumonia and its complications.”
Tuesday, August 25th 2026 - 21:39 UTC
Argentine trips abroad fall 21.2% as Brazil and Uruguay lead arrivals

The number of Argentine residents leaving the country in July fell 21.2% year on year, to 1.22 million people, according to the international tourism statistics report released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses. In the opposite direction, 830,200 foreign visitors entered the country, 17.9% more than a year earlier.
Monday, August 24th 2026 - 21:55 UTC
The Pan-American Congress closes with a call for more equal north-south dialogue

The third Pan-American Congress concluded on Sunday in Montevideo with a call to reframe relations between the north and south of the Americas on more equal terms. The forum, which brought together some 150 lawmakers, governors and former heads of state from fifteen countries, will hold its next edition in Brazil in 2027.
Saturday, August 22nd 2026 - 08:28 UTC
Progressive leaders gathered in Uruguay denounce US interference and acknowledge their own mistakes

The opening session of the third Pan-American Congress, held on Friday at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo, combined criticism of United States policy towards Latin America with calls for self-criticism within progressive forces. More than 150 lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries are taking part, according to organisers.
Friday, August 21st 2026 - 22:41 UTC
Uruguay's president meets Kicillof and agrees to cooperate on food and scientific research

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Friday received the governor of Argentina's Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, at the Torre Ejecutiva in Montevideo, where the two signed two cooperation agreements covering agrifood and scientific matters.
Friday, August 21st 2026 - 10:12 UTC
Montevideo hosts a progressive congress after three consecutive electoral defeats in the region

More than a hundred lawmakers, former presidents, ministers and political figures from fifteen countries across the Americas gather from Friday at Uruguay's Legislative Palace in Montevideo for the third Pan-American Congress, a parliamentary forum of progressive forces running until Sunday. Organisers put attendance at more than 150 participants.