Uruguay

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 05:39 UTC

  Uruguay: Minister Ernesto Talvi agrees to leave the Foreign Ministry

  

  The Uruguayan chancellor would be the first cabinet minister chaired by Luis Lacalle Pou to leave office. Although he will not do so immediately, since he announced this Thursday that he has not yet submitted any resignation, Talvi met last Tuesday with the president to agree to his departure from the executive power.

• Monday, June 8th 2020 - 05:26 UTC

  Uruguayan Chancellor avoid describing Venezuela as a dictatorship and clashes with the President Lacalle Pou's policy

  

  A few months ago, Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi, at his rallies as a candidate for the presidency of Uruguay, did not hesitate to describe the Venezuelan government as a dictatorship. However, in an interview this Saturday he affirmed that he “won't say in this role” that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is a dictatorship.

• Monday, June 1st 2020 - 09:27 UTC

  Three Uruguayan marines shot dead; unanimous condemnation from public opinion and political system

  

  The killing of three young Uruguayan marines, with shots in their heads in a non-strategic outpost next to the Montevideo fortress which overlooks the port and city, has shocked public opinion and triggered pledges from government authorities that the culprits will be brought to justice and face trial.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  IDB US$ 1,7bn loan for Uruguay to address the Covid-19 pandemic

  

  Uruguay's Economy minister Azucena Arbeleche confirmed that the Inter American Development Bank had awarded the country a 1,7bn dollars soft loan to address the sanitary, social and economic emergency as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Friday, May 22nd 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  All Uruguayan students will be back in school by the end of June in a three stage calendar

  

  Uruguayan students will be returning to face-to-face classes from June following a three-stage calendar and with voluntary assistance, the country’s president, Luis Lacalle Pou, reported on Thursday.

• Friday, May 15th 2020 - 11:52 UTC

  Notorious Mexican drug leader extradited from Uruguay to United States

  

  Uruguay on Thursday turned over to the United States a Mexican man wanted on drug and money laundering charges. Gerardo Gonzalez Valencia is the brother of Abigael González, the former head of the Sinaloa cartel faction known as “Los Cuinis” (The Squirrels). Gonzalez Valencia is also the brother-in-law of Jalisco cartel drug lord Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes.

• Monday, May 11th 2020 - 19:49 UTC

  End of nightmare for Greg Mortimer cruise crew members who begin their long journey back home

  

  Finally a month after passengers were rescued and medically evacuated to Australia from Uruguay, the 89 crew which remained trapped in the coronavirus infested “Greg Mortimer” cruise have started their long return home.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina presidents discuss the future of Mercosur

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou and his Argentine peer, Alberto Fernandez held a half-hour video conference Tuesday mid-morning to address the recent decision by the current Argentine administration to freeze Mercosur free trade negotiations with potential new partners and instead concentrate efforts in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic and its sanitary, social, economic and employment consequences.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Mercosur beef sales to US on the rise, as American abattoirs are closing amid coronavirus complications

  

  Brazil's giant meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods CEO, Miguel Gularte, said the company has resumed sales of fresh beef to the US following a decision by US authorities to open their market to Brazilian beef. American slaughterhouses have been closing amid coronavirus social distancing rules and this has led to unmet demand within the US.

• Monday, April 27th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Mercosur: Argentina only interested in block's negotiations with Europe

  

  In the midst of the chaotic situation caused by the pandemic, the Argentine government announced the abandonment of Mercosur negotiations to prioritize the country’s domestic economy and the struggle against the virus. The rest of the bloc members must evaluate legal, institutional, and operational measures emerging from the decision.