Uruguay

• Saturday, January 22nd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Buquebús workers stage protest at Buenos Aires port

  

  The Argentine union of maritime workers SOMU Friday staged a protest at the Buquebús terminal in the port of Buenos Aires to keep ships from sailing off to Uruguay in demand of a due wage increase of 23% agreed upon last year.

• Friday, January 21st 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Booster doses in Uruguay to always be with the latest version of the drug

  

  Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado Thursday said “there will be an annual revaccination” against COVID-19 and announced the Government had secured a supply of Pfizer's drug for that purpose.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  US adds Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia to list of destinations to avoid due to covid

  

  The United States' Centers for Disease Control has added 22 countries to the level four travel warning list due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases, particularly of the omicron variant.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 20:35 UTC

  Montevideo under water following unprecedented heavy rains

  

  Some areas in the city of Montevideo dawned Monday literally under water following unprecedented heavy rains which caused damages to various homes and a traffic chaos, in addition to power outages, which reportedly affected some 12,000 users.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:52 UTC

  Uruguayans and residents may return by car even if they are COVID-19 positive

  

  The Government of Uruguay has announced it would allow foreign residents to return to the country by car even if they are COVID-19 positive.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:51 UTC

  Argentine boat owners trapped in Punta del Este

  

  Dozens of Argentine-flagged private boats have been left stranded after mooring at the Uruguayan most exclusive port of Punta del Este because there is no COVID-19 corridor for their voyage back home, it was reported.

• Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  The most luxurious vacation properties in Uruguay: Up to US$ 250,000 per fortnight

  

  For some years now, luxury vacationers are increasingly enjoying Eastern Uruguay's coastline. Beach towns such as José Ignacio, Manantiales or Miamesque Punta del Este are hosts to thousands of tourists that are giving an air of increasing exclusivity to these places.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 20:05 UTC

  Heat wave could raise temperatures to nearly 50ºC in South America

  

  An unprecedented heat wave is going through South America and some cities in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay have been forecast to be looking out for temperatures around 50ºC, it was reported, while 40ºC seems to have become the new normal.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  New Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad

  

  Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose return to the Planalto Palace seems unstoppable.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 06:45 UTC

  Cannabis developers eye Paraguay to further expand their business

  

  As cannabis gradually transitions from a cultural drug to just an agricultural product like any other, Paraguay's unique conditions make it a destination of choice for those trying to develop the newly-legalized business, according to a report carried by the Buenos Aires daily Perfil.