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Montevideo, May 14th 2025 - 18:46 UTC

Uruguay

  • Monday, June 12th 2023 - 01:42 UTC

    Uruguay edge Italy for U-20 World Cup football title in Argentina

    Luciano Rodríguez capitalized on a faulty clearance to make it 1-0 with little time left for unambitious Italy to come back

    Uruguayan U-20's 'Celeste' is the new World Champion of the world. Luciano Rodríguez headed home a small box mix-up four minutes from the end to give the South American team their first Under-20 football World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Italy in La Plata, Argentina.

  • Friday, June 9th 2023 - 11:15 UTC

    US$ 4 bn investment on green hydrogen launched in Uruguay

    Uruguay is at the forefront of countries in this type of production, Stipanicic said

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday announced that US$ 2 billion will be invested in the construction of a green hydrogen plant in Paysandú. The work to begin this year will employ between 1,500 and 3,200 jobs and the plant itself will offer some 300 permanent jobs. Another US$ 2 billion will be invested in renewable energy projects.

  • Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Fitch upgrades Uruguay's rating

    Uruguay Economy Ministry Azucena Arbeleche

    Thanks to Uruguay's ”solid fiscal performance that allowed it to absorb the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, added to the track record of compliance with the fiscal framework, which has improved its credibility, increased resilience to economic shocks and reduced the risk of a potential increase in the stock of public debt.

  • Wednesday, June 7th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Uruguay meat exports five months year-on-year down 25%

    Currently, the average price per ton stands at US$ 4,112, compared to US$ 4,626 recorded during the corresponding period in 2022, representing an 11% decrease

    Uruguay’s revenue from meat exports dropped 25% year-on-year, some US$ 350 million less, according to data released this week by the National Meat Institute (INAC). In the first five months of 2023, US$ 1.055 billion worth of bovine meat was exported, clearly below the US$ 1.408 billion obtained in the same period of 2022.

  • Saturday, June 3rd 2023 - 12:45 UTC

    Mercosur Summit scheduled for Puerto Iguazú

    Alberto Fernández will pass on the bloc's rotating presidency to Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva

    The Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the province of Misiones will host the LXII Mercosur Summit on July 3 and 4, during which Alberto Fernández will pass on the pro tempore presidency of the bloc to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, it was announced Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:35 UTC

    Retired Uruguayan military officers convicted of crimes against humanity

    Prosecutor Perciballe said Judge Merlo's sentence was excellent

    Uruguayan retired military officers Rubens Francia and Francisco Macalusso were convicted as co-perpetrators of torture and deprivation of liberty during the last military dictatorship (1973-1984) and sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison.

  • Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 12:12 UTC

    Lula rebuts comments from Boric and Lacalle

    “No one needs to agree with anyone. This is how we do it”, said Lula in response to Lacalle's and Boric's criticism.

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stated on Tuesday that the meeting of 11 South American presidents at the Itamaraty Palace was not a group of friends, but of presidents seeking regional coordination, reported Agência Brasil.

  • Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    South American Presidents sign Brasilia Consensus

    Argentina's Alberto Fernández insisted that if “disagreements are strengthened, everything breaks down.”

    After the Summit of South American leaders in Brasilia, the 11 attending presidents reached a consensus on cooperation and integration in the region.

  • Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 22:11 UTC

    Presidents Boric and Lacalle Pou criticize Lula da Silva's defense of Maduro's Regime in Brasilia

    “It is serious and I have had the opportunity to see it in the eyes and in the pain of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans in our homeland,” Boric said.

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric expressed his strong disagreement on Tuesday with the statements made by his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, who had claimed on Monday that the notion of authoritarianism in Venezuela was a “constructed narrative.” Boric emphasized the seriousness of the situation in Venezuela and distanced himself from Lula's defense of Nicolás Maduro and his regime.

  • Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

    Uruguayan Senator against synthetic meat

    Da Silva insisted that laboratories producing synthetic meat increase global warming

    Uruguayan Senator Sebastián Da Silva (National Party) will push for the banning of the manufacture and import of artificial or laboratory meat because “Uruguay, as a cattle-raising country, has to be a pioneer in the fight against this type of laboratory protein, artificial, and must defend the real natural food,” it was reported in Montevideo.