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Montevideo, May 10th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

Uruguay

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Slight increase in Uruguay's unemployment reported

    Uruguay created more jobs but even more people were looking for work, the INE found. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    According to a report from Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) released in Montevideo Wednesday, unemployment in the South American country stood at 8.4% of the economically active population in August, which represented a slight setback from July's 8.3%.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 08:57 UTC

    JetSmart discontinuing Buenos Aires-Montevideo route

    JetSmart's expectations were far from being met, it was explained

    Chilean budget carrier JetSmart announced it would be lifting the Buenos Aires-Montevideo effective Oct. 1 route after finding it unprofitable, particularly when no subsidy was obtained from the Uruguayan government. The service had been operational for only four months.

  • Friday, September 20th 2024 - 23:24 UTC

    Lacalle Pou has 45% approval, study shows

    Lacalle's chances of running for a second term are yet to be gauged, the survey found

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou was found to have a 45% approval rating according to a study by pollsters Cifra conducted during the month of August and released Thursday in Montevideo. The head of state who is nearing the end of his five-year term also had a 40% negative image, the survey showed.

  • Thursday, September 19th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Mercosur should work together to reach FTA with China, says Yamandú Orsi

    “Europe is of little importance in the world today,” said Orsi

    Uruguayan presidential hopeful Yamandú Orsi told Argentine businessmen in Buenos Aires on Wednesday that he remains “skeptical” about the possibility of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), but insisted that it must remain united to reach such an understanding with China. He also admitted before the Inter-American Council for Trade and Production (CICyP) that “Mercosur is malfunctioning”.

  • Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Uruguayan Air Force C-130 back from firefighting mission in Paraguay

    The FAU aircraft dropped US-developed “Guardian” boxed with 1,000 liters of water each

    A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 four-engined turboprop aircraft landed back in Montevideo Monday after participating in a firefighting mission in Paraguay. The cooperation consisted mainly of dropping firefighting boxes in the northern Paraguayan Chaco where over 180,000 hectares were engulfed by the flames.

  • Saturday, September 14th 2024 - 22:24 UTC

    Success of Falklands delegation two weeks visit of Uruguay

    Tanya Clarke and Virginia with British Ambassador Mal Green

    The Falkland Islands close relations and bonds with Uruguay were again confirmed this year by the delegation that spent a couple of weeks in the country visiting farms, agriculture research centres, plus promoting trade, tourism, science, education and the wonderful support from the British Hospital in Montevideo caring for our patients.

  • Friday, September 13th 2024 - 09:17 UTC

    Uruguay: Astesiano granted parole

    Astesiano plans to remain in Florida, where he has established a wholesale business

    Former Uruguayan Presidential Chief Bodyguard Alejandro Astesiano has been released from jail given his good behavior and other reasons that led Judge Noelia Gutierrez to understand that his social insertion was favorable. The Prosecutor's Office now has six days to appeal the measure.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 19:04 UTC

    Uruguayan authorities arrest 14-year-old terrorism suspect

    The suspect attended a local technical school (UTU) which will now have to look after the rest of the students, some of whom might have been lured into terrorism

    A Uruguayan 14-year-old student who spoke fluent Arabic and whose dangerousness had been tipped to local authorities by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Israeli Secret Service (Mossad) has been arrested in the rural town of Lascano in the southeastern department (province) of Rocha.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 09:19 UTC

    First UN Tourism thematic office for Latin America and the Caribbean inaugurated in Uruguay

    The Observatory is a project jointly developed by UN Tourism and the IDB, and will deploy a pioneering digital tool, which includes a database, “TurismoLex”

    The first thematic office of United Nations Tourism covering the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, and focusing on legal issues was opened in Montevideo, Uruguay.

  • Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Uruguayan Senator calls for Cardama deal for new Ocean Patrol Vessels to be dropped

    Cardama's ability or apparent lack thereof to fulfil the contract would corroborate Rear Admiral Musso's assessment that the Uruguayan government chose to ignore

    Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) Senator Sandra Lazo insisted Friday that Uruguay should backtrack on its decision to purchase two newly-built Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPVs) from Spanish shipyard Cardama, a company at risk of bankruptcy that has not yet commenced building the units ordered in mid-2023. The Spanish shipyard is still unable to obtain the collaterals required by the contract with the Uruguayan authorities.