Uruguay

• Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 17:11 UTC

  Scientific workshop on Illex Squid in Vigo with the participation of Falkland Islands

  

  Argentine unions linked to the fishing, maritime and port industries have complained bitterly to the International Transport Workers Federation against a workshop on the Shortfin Squid (Illex Argentinus) organized by OPPC3, in Vigo with the suppot of the Sustaianble Fisheries Partnership, and to which Argentina allegedly has not been invited, but it does include the Falkland Islands.

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• Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 09:40 UTC

  Uruguay ranks third in Latin America for international air passengers per capita

  

  Uruguay ranked third in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025 for international air passengers per inhabitant, according to Airports Council International figures presented in Lima this week, despite its small share of the region's total traffic.

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• Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 09:32 UTC

  Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin argued that the Falklands dispute has changed in nature with oil exploration: one thing, he said, is “the invaded island” and “the fight against colonialism”, and another is “when a lot of money is taken from there”. His remarks come as Yamandú Orsi's government considers buying two patrol vessels from the Royal Navy, a deal that has already prompted a resolution from twenty deputies of Argentine President Javier Milei's party.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2026 - 07:17 UTC

  Five shipping lines warn Uruguay the port dispute is damaging its international standing

  

  Five of the main shipping lines operating at the port of Montevideo have warned the Uruguayan government that the labour dispute at the Terminal Cuenca del Plata is causing “severe economic and commercial harm” and has “severely damaged Uruguay's international prestige”, in a letter addressed to six ministers.

• Friday, September 25th 2026 - 10:41 UTC

  “The UN has more reason to exist every day”, Uruguay's president said two days after Milei

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi defended the United Nations' relevance and condemned the economic embargo on Cuba before the General Assembly on Thursday, in an address of just under twenty minutes that contrasted with that of his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, two days earlier from the same podium.

• Monday, September 7th 2026 - 19:20 UTC

  A port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route

  

  Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin the service because the only ramp at the Montevideo port suitable for unloading cars belongs to Buquebus, the company that currently runs the crossing alone.

• Sunday, September 6th 2026 - 21:31 UTC

  Lacalle Pou demands elections in Venezuela and reopens Uruguay's foreign policy debate

  

  Former Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou has called for a democratic transition in Venezuela and questioned the terms of the oil agreement reached between the United States and Delcy Rodríguez's government, in an intervention that has revived debate over Uruguay's international position.

• 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.

• 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”.

• 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.