Uruguay

• Monday, September 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay's Ancap awards all offshore exploration licenses open for bids

  

  Uruguay's state-run oil company Ancap has awarded all seven offshore oil and gas exploration licenses open for bids to four foreign companies: YPF (Argentina), APA Corp (United States), and Shell and Challenger Energy Group (CEG) (United Kingdom), it was reported in Montevideo.

• Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 12:24 UTC

  Uruguayan President's son makes football top-notch debut

  

  Luis Lacalle Ponce de León, son of Uruguay's current President Luis Lacalle Pou and grandson of former head of state Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera (1990-1995), made his First Division football debut this week, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Governor sees nothing wrong with child labor

  

  The Governor of the Uruguayan department (province) of Artigas spoke naturally of child labor Thursday in a TV interview, which prompted a swift reaction from the national government.

• Thursday, September 21st 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Agricultural emergency extended in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan authorities announced Wednesday that the agricultural state of emergency declared due to the drought affecting the country will be extended until the end of 2023, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 09:38 UTC

  Advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister resigns amid sex scandal

  

  An advisor to Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Monday turned in his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal that rocked Montevideo's political circles.

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  Presidents of Uruguay, France meet for Rugby World Cup match

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday discussed the European Union-Mercosur trade deal with his French colleague Emmanuel Macron while meeting ahead of the Rugby World Cup clash in Lille between the two countries' national teams, which the hosts eventually won 27-12.

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 11:10 UTC

  Drought strikes: Uruguay's economy shrinks by 2.5% in Year-on-Year analysis

  

  The Central Bank of Uruguay has unveiled concerning economic data, revealing a 2.5% year-on-year decline in the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the second semester of 2023. The figures, released on Thursday, shed light on the adverse effects of the drought on Uruguay's economic landscape.

• Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  Peru to allocate green debt swap to tropical forest protection in Amazon

  

  The Peruvian administration of President Dina Boluarte pledged to use the proceeds from a US$ 20 million debt swap with the United States for climate action in the Amazon to finance a tropical forest protection fund over the next 13 years, it was reported Wednesday in Lima. It is the third debt-for-nature swap between the two governments.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:41 UTC

  Russia's war on Ukraine deserves condemnation, Uruguayan Defense Minister says

  

  Uruguayan Defense Minister Javier García Tuesday suggested in Buenos Aires that the II Latin American and Caribbean Conference on United Nations Peace Operations should condemn Russia's military deployment in Ukraine.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  First case of sea lion dying of avian flu confirmed in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan authorities said the first case of a sea lion with avian influenza had been detected in the country after a specimen was found dead on the Cerro beach on Aug. 31 and the laboratory tests were announced Tuesday, it was reported in Montevideo.