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Montevideo, May 11th 2025 - 06:27 UTC

Uruguay

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Argentina resumes joint border controls on river travel from Uruguay

    These services “that had been interrupted during the pandemic” have been resumed

    Argentine officers resumed operating at Uruguayan ports to run joint border crossing points “to optimize the experience of travelers of the different river passenger transportation companies and to strengthen the collaboration between both countries,” the National Direction of Migration explained through the Interior Ministry to which it belongs.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    Uruguay: Inflation within target for first time in many years

    “The CPI for December 2023 registered a monthly variation of -0.11%,” Uruguay's INE said in its report

    Inflation in Uruguay during the year 2023 amounted to 5.1%, it was reported in Montevideo. The South American country's lowest rate in 18 years was achieved mainly thanks to prices reasonably stable in household goods, transportation, and communications, it was explained by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew only 4.9% in 2005.

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:42 UTC

    Uruguayan exports fall but 2023 still a good year

    Montevideo's port expects to handle even more trade in 2024, Curbelo explained

    Uruguay's sales abroad dropped 13% interannually, according to a study released this week in Montevideo. Uruguay XXI's Annual Uruguay Trade Report showed that “neither the external nor the internal context contributed to Uruguayan exports of goods.” Uruguay XXI also noted that despite the fall from 2022 figures, 2023 was “the second year with the highest value exports in the last decade.”

  • Thursday, January 4th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Uruguay: Agriculture emergency lifted except for fruits and horticulture

    Fruit and horticulture were spared because of a cloudburst that caused damage to crops in November

    Uruguayan authorities Wednesday declared the end of the agricultural emergency adopted in October 2022 to address the water deficit the country was going through, it was reported in Montevideo. The measure was extended several times to support those producers most affected by the climate situation.

  • Saturday, December 30th 2023 - 11:26 UTC

    Violence mounting regionally, Uruguayan police chief says

    Azambuya advised Uruguayans to look after themselves

    Uruguayan Police Director José Manuel Azambuya said Friday that the growth in violence recorded recently in the South American country was of regional proportions. “We have seen that violence has been growing, not only in our country but it is regional,” Azambuya maintained during a press conference in Montevideo.

  • Friday, December 29th 2023 - 10:48 UTC

    Uruguayan hospitals: Facemasks no longer mandatory

    Medina had insisted that it was about time for the measure to be more flexible

    The Uruguayan Government lifted the mandatory requirement to wear facemasks at healthcare facilities nationwide, it was reported in Montevideo Thursday. The document was signed by President Luis Lacalle Pou.

  • Wednesday, December 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Maduro touts Venezuela's economic recovery

    In the third quarter of 2023, Venezuela achieved its lowest inflation rate since 2014, Maduro claimed

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insisted Tuesday that his country is continuing its economic recovery despite sanctions and other obstacles. He spoke of a “war economy” that has led Venezuela to diversify its activities and achieve 100% national production

  • Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 14:27 UTC

    Uruguayan President to insist on a more flexible Mercosur in his last full year

    With Milei “we will talk as soon as we can,” Lacalle said

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday during the inauguration of an intensive care unit in the department (province) of Cerro Largo that “we shall insist on Mercosur to get out of this corset and to be able to connect with the rest of the world.”

  • Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Lacalle Pou praises departing Presidential Secretary Delgado

    Delgado will focus on his own presidential campaign

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that Álvaro Delgado was a “great management partner” as he left the presidential secretariat to focus on his 2024 bid for the Torre Ejecutiva. He will be replaced by Rodrigo Ferrés

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

    Uruguayan President and his children land in Antarctica

    Lacalle and his children were expected to stay at the Artigas base for nearly 24 hours

    The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. “After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,” Lacalle wrote on social networks.