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Montevideo, May 11th 2025 - 02:13 UTC

Uruguay

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

    The Economist: Uruguay's democracy is one of the strongest in the world

    Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Uruguay has been recognized as the only full democracy in South America and the leading democracy in Latin America, according to the Democracy Index 2023 compiled by the Economist Group and published by The Economist magazine.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Uruguay must pay some US$ 80 million for the 2012 closing of Pluna

    Mujica argued that these things happen because litigations of this nature are always held in New York or Paris

    After a ruling issued Tuesday by a World Bank arbitration tribunal, the Uruguayan State will have to pay some US$ 30 million over the closing of the former flag carrier Pluna, which has triggered reciprocal accusations between the country's main political forces ahead of this year's presidential elections.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Sao Paulo and in the region

    It is possible to have both viruses at the same time: Covid-19 and dengue

    Authorities in the city of São Paulo have reported that the number of Covid-19 cases more than tripled between the first epidemiological week of 2024 (Dec. 31, 2023, to Jan. 6, 2024) and the sixth (Feb. 4 to 10) after growing from 881 detections to 3,443, according to the interactive panel of the Municipal Health Department (SMS).

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    US-Uruguay holding key ministerial meeting in DC

    Omar Paganini will head the Uruguayan delegation

    The second US-Uruguay Annual Bilateral Inter-Ministerial Dialogue meeting is to take place Thursday in Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini will co-chair the dialogue.

  • Wednesday, February 14th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Paraguayan Navy officer shot while touring Montevideo

    Captain Martinez underwent surgery and is stable, Paraguayan Navy sources in Asunción confirmed

    Paraguayan Navy Captain Marcial Martínez Gayoso who is stationed in Montevideo on a Mercosur mission was shot Tuesday at the Fortaleza del Cerro historical site while visiting it with his family.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 11:42 UTC

    Surplus from electricity exports benefits Brazilian customers

    Most electricity exports were to Argentina and the rest to Uruguay

    Brazil totaled a surplus of R$ 888 million (US$ 179.26 million) from electricity sales to neighboring countries, which helped President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration ease the burden on Brazilian consumers, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Venezuelan VP calls Lacalle Pou “a lackey”

    Venezuela shall be respected, Rodríguez insisted

    Venezuelan Executive Vice President Delcy Rodríguez said Monday Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou had “the face of a lackey” after the latter insisted the Bolivarian regime was a dictatorship with no free elections.

  • Monday, February 12th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

    Lacalle Pou insists Venezuela a dictatorship with no free elections

    The Uruguayan president criticized those who were unwilling to admit what was going on in Venezuela and argued it must be “for a reason”

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Sunday from Melo, the capital f of the department (province) of Cerro Largo that the current government of Venezuela was “a dictatorship.”

  • Monday, February 12th 2024 - 10:37 UTC

    Youth Orchestra to perform at Urguay's Artigas Base in Antarctica

    The open-air show would be a first of its kind in Antarctica, Dubra explained

    Uruguay's Official Service of Broadcasting, Performances, and Shows (Servicio Oficial de Difusión, Representaciones y Espectáculos - Sodre) National Youth Orchestra (OJS) will send a delegation of 16 musicians to the Artigas Scientific Base in Antarctica to give a concert “For Peace and Science” marking the 40th anniversary of the South American country's presence in the area, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Saturday, February 10th 2024 - 10:47 UTC

    Uruguay: Lacalle announces new Defense Minister starting next month

    “My relationship with Lacalle Pou began many years ago,” Castaingdebat once said

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced Friday that Armando Castaingdebat would take over the Defense Ministry from Javier García on March 4, when the latter is scheduled to resign in a move to return to his Parliamentarian duties with this year's elections in sight. Social Development Minister Martín Lema is also to resign that day but a replacement is yet to be chosen.