Uruguay

• Friday, March 18th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Vaccinated travelers to be spared further testing to enter Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Tabaré Viera has requested his Public Health colleague Daniel Salinas to review the possibility that incoming travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are spared the swab test at the earliest.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 20:56 UTC

  Uruguayan fruit company in the red has new owners

  

  The international produce company Frutura has bought over the Uruguay-based Citrícola Salteña, a leading global supplier and marketer of high-quality citrus and juice.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Lacalle Pou signals price of meat to go up in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday heralded there would be news regarding the price of meat and some other “fundamental inputs.” He also announced the measures will be announced at different times, and they also will be “internal, except for some imports of meat cuts.”

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:48 UTC

  Former Uruguayan president says criminals would celebrate LUC repeal

  

  Former two-time President of Uruguay Julio María Sanguinetti Friday said the National Human Rights Institution (INDDHH) was “helping criminals” by opposing certain provisions within the Law of Urgent Consideration that may end up repealed through a referendum later this month.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Argentina less expensive than Uruguay, study shows

  

  According to a study by the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU), that measured prices in Salto, Uruguay, and Concordia, Argentina, the former turned out to be 130.3% more expensive than the latter, it was reported.

• Thursday, March 10th 2022 - 16:38 UTC

  Uruguayan president will fly to Chile to thank Piñera and assist Boric's presidential inauguration

  

  The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, will travel on Thursday night to Chile, where on Friday will take place the ceremony of change of command and the inauguration of Gabriel Boric as the new president of the Andean country.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 21:52 UTC

  Uruguay to pick up the tab for Venezuela's unpaid milk bills?

  

  Uruguayan dairy producer Conaprole has filed a lawsuit against the State for nearly US$ 62 million due to payments owed by Venezuela for the sale of products, Agriculture Minister Fernando Mattos announced.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Women's Day celebrated all over Mercosur

  

  Women took to the streets of the capital cities of the three Spanish-speaking Mercosur countries to celebrate International Women's Day. There were similar events in other towns throughout the region, it was reported.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Uruguayan town founded by Russian settlers emotionally hit by war

  

  Residents in the Uruguayan town of San Javier are not like any other South American people. At least not when Russia is involved in what seems to be the largest armed conflict so far in the 21st Century. San Javier was founded by Russian immigrants in the early 1900s. For locals, Russia is still their Mother Land.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2022 - 22:54 UTC

  Uruguayan hotels 70-90% full during Carnival weekend

  

  Occupancy at Uruguay's hotels has been between 70 and 90% during Carnival weekend, which represented a recovery from a bad Summer season for the leisure industry.