Uruguay

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Asylum requests on the rise in Uruguay

  

  According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of asylum requests in Uruguay has increased to 16,000 from 13,113 in mid-2022, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Poll: Uruguayan President still has 46% approval

  

  According to a study by pollsters, Cifra published this week in Montevideo, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou still has a 46% approval rating and a 43% negative image after over three years in office.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  Uruguayan grocers running out of bottled water as demand soars

  

  As Uruguay's water crisis continues to escalate, sales of bottled water grew threefold during the last few days as suppliers ran out of stock, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Thursday, May 18th 2023 - 11:57 UTC

  Some rains forecasted but water crisis still dramatic in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Meteorological Institute (Inumet) Wednesday announced it forecasted rainfalls between May 19 and 21, albeit below 10 millimeters, with a probability of occurrence between 60% and 80%, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Monday, May 15th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  Shortage of drinking water in Montevideo getting critical

  

  Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse will ask the National Emergency System (Sinae) to step in as the shortage of drinking water in the Uruguayan capital gets more and more serious. The city and the Metropolitan area is feared to run out of drinking water in between 20 to 30 days due to lack of rainfall.

• Thursday, May 11th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Brazil to begin dredging channel linking Merín and Los Patos lagoons this year

  

  Brazilian authorities have pledged to start dredging the Merín-De los Patos lagoons waterway later this year, most likely in the spring, Uruguayan Undersecretary of Transport and Public Works, Juan José Olaizola said. The initiative is part of the agreements reached by presidents Luis Lacalle Pou and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during their meeting in January in Montevideo.

• Friday, May 5th 2023 - 14:38 UTC

  Uruguay: President Lacalle Pou demands resignation of Housing Minister Moreira over “direct award” scandal

  

  Uruguay is experiencing a crisis in the government cabinet formed by a coalition of conservative parties. President Luis Lacalle Pou requested the resignation of Housing Minister Irene Moreira after a controversial direct awarding of a house to a militant of her party, Cabildo Abierto, without a lottery, as reported by Montevideo media on Friday.

• Thursday, May 4th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  “Argentina extremely cheap,” says Uruguayan president

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said his country has a problem with prices in Argentine being so low due to a favorable exchange rate that people cross the border to do their shopping.

• Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguay starts vaccinating poultry against avian flu

  

  Uruguayan authorities began vaccinating poultry against avian flu with immunizers from the United States, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo. An additional batch of chemicals is due from Mexico shortly.

• Monday, May 1st 2023 - 09:57 UTC

  Uruguay's INE launches virtual phase of 2023 census

  

  Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) kicked off a new census during the weekend in a virtual modality until May 17 when it will switch to face-to-face interviews, INE Director Diego Aboal explained.