Uruguay

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Uruguayan president postpones Antarctica trip due to bad weather

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Antarctica has been postponed due to bad weather, Defense Minister Javier García announced Friday in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  Spotify not leaving Uruguay after all

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday signed a regulatory decree regarding current regulations, which allows the music-streaming platform Spotify not to leave the country in February as previously announced.

• Monday, December 11th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Uruguay's Presidential Secretary resigning to run for office

  

  Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvado Delgado said Sunday that he would resign on Dec. 21 to focus on the 2024 presidential campaign. He announced a ruling National Party Convention when speaking about the impending primaries.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 11:05 UTC

  Uruguayan president clashes with potential successor

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou exchanged verbal flak with his likely successor Friday while shaking hands at a business event in Progreso. “If you want to maintain a good relationship, try to mind your manners,” Lacalle told Canelones Mayor (Governor) Yamandú Orsi of the opposition Frente Amplio.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  Singapore signs free trade agreement with Mercosur at the Rio summit

  

  The city-state of Singapore and a leading business and financial hub in Asia finally signed a free trade agreement with Mercosur during the South American countries summit held in Rio do Janeiro. It is Mercosur's first deal with a Southeast Asian nation.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy delegation off to South Korea to bring home patrol boat

  

  A 7-member team of the Uruguayan Navy has been dispatched to South Korea to take delivery of a Chamsuri-class patrol boat donated to the South American country, it was reported in Montevideo. The unit is due in the River Plate by early 2024, aboard a specialized transport vessel, it was explained.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 15:19 UTC

  Lula invites Lacalle Pou to surf in Brazil, President responds with a 'shaka'

  

  During his introductory speech to fellow Mercosur leaders, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took a moment to acknowledge the passion for surfing of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou. Lula extended an invitation for Lacalle Pou to surf in Brazil once his presidential term concludes.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Uruguayan football club wants mental health help as yet another player commits suicide

  

  The suicide of 29-year-old footballer Diego Galo of Amateur First Division club Sportivo Bella Italia prompted calls for mental health assistance to players nationwide following a string of similar events over the past few years, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 08:03 UTC

  Equine encephalomyelitis, Argentina declares sanitary emergency; Uruguay reports first case

  

  Argentina has finally declared a sanitary emergency in all of its territory, following an increase in equine encephalomyelitis, EE, and anticipates “immediate, extraordinary, exceptional measures to contain further outbreaks of the virus disease”.

• Saturday, December 2nd 2023 - 11:19 UTC

  Spotify exiting Uruguay as of February

  

  The global music and podcast streaming service Spotify Friday warned its Uruguayan users that the platform would be leaving the South American country shortly citing “drastic changes in the way music works” locally and that no new accounts can be opened after Dec. 28, it was reported in Montevideo.