Uruguay

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 19:25 UTC

  Denmark least corrupt country in the world; Uruguay in the Americas

  

  Denmark scored 90 points out of 100, to the top Transparency International's Index as the least corrupt country in the world, followed by Finland and New Zealand (87 points each). At the other end of the table were Somalia, Syria, and South Sudan. Uruguay was a Latin American country with better grades.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:22 UTC

  Argentine migrants flocking into Uruguay at a slower pace

  

  Uruguay processed a total of 7,209 resident visas for Argentine nationals in 2022, a drop of nearly 42% from the previous year, it was reported in Montevideo on Monday.

• Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Uruguay's Environment Minister resigns after degree scandal

  

  A controversy over using the prefix “Lic.” when he was still to earn a college graduate degree resulted in the resignation of Uruguay's Environment Minister Adrián Peña. President Luis Lacalle Pou has already chosen Robert Bouvier for the position. The Vice President of the state-run telephone company Antel was proposed by Peña himself.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 19:58 UTC

  Supplies and staff arrive at Uruguay's Artigas base in Antarctica

  

  After departing from Montevideo on Jan. 16, Uruguayan Navy's logistics vessel ROU 04 “General Artigas” has arrived in Antarctica as part of the Antarkos 2022-2023 campaign to deliver supplies to the Artigas Scientific Base.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 17:10 UTC

  Cyanobacteria detected in Uruguayan and Argentine resorts

  

  Uruguayan authorities detected once again the presence of cyanobacteria in the waters of the Queguay river (a tributary to the Uruguay River), east of Guichón, in the department (province) of Paysandú.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 09:52 UTC

  Positive security balance for Uruguay during summer season, Minister claims

  

  Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber, who gained notoriety last week when he had a gun stolen from his home, said security during the summer season has yielded a positive balance.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:58 UTC

  Lula in favor of Mercosur-China FTA

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Wednesday in Montevideo that he agreed to open up Mercosur and pursue a free trade agreement (FTA) with China.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 18:51 UTC

  Forest fire next to Uruguayan city of Piriápolis

  

  A forest fire broke out in the wee hours of Wednesday in the Uruguayan beach resort of Piriápolis, in the department of Maldonado. Firefighters were swiftly deployed to the Cerro del Toro area to keep the flames from reaching Cerro Pan de Azúcar.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Lacalle warns Celac about “ideological temptation”

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday warned against the “ideological temptation in international forums.” During his speech at the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Buenos Aires, he explained that when ideologies change “the forums fade away.”

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 19:19 UTC

  Uruguayan FM makes a remark on his Ambassador to Argentina after political statements on investors

  

  Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Francisco Bustillo, sent a note with a remark to the Uruguayan ambassador in Buenos Aires, Carlos Enciso, in which he questions the pertinence of his statements in a radio interview. Enciso spoke of a possible drop in Argentine investments if there is a political change in his country's government after the favorable policies in the past few years by President Luis Lacalle Pou.