Uruguay

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 18:26 UTC

  Uruguayan exports keep blooming

  

  According to an Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU) report released Thursday, orders from abroad have increased by 28% interannually, reaching a total of US$ 1.076 billion.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 19:22 UTC

  Uruguayan Senate agrees on a consensus statement on the Malvinas war and ongoing conflict

  

  Argentina's secretary for Malvinas, Antarctica and South Atlantic affairs, Guillermo Carmona, this week visited Uruguay where he met with the Senate's International Affairs Committee, as part of the round of contacts with neighboring countries to discuss South Atlantic and Antarctica issues.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  Price of gasoline at pumps drops slightly in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan authorities have announced a UY$ 3 (US$ 0.074) reduction in the price of gasoline at pumps effective Thursday. Energy Minister Omar Paganini also explained the price of supergas (cooking gas) and diesel fuel would remain unchanged.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Expo Prado, Uruguay's largest agricultural fair, now without sanitary restrictions: here's everything you need to know

  

  For the first time in almost three years, the International Livestock Exposition will return in a new edition that will be held as it was before the pandemic, without sanitary restrictions, and in the same place: the Rural del Prado in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Uruguayan economic growth expected to continue

  

  Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) President Diego Labat said Tuesday that he expected economic growth to remain steady and heralded that inflation by the end of 2022 will be below the level “we have today.”

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 22:37 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree to deepen fight against organized crime along the border

  

  Authorities from Uruguay and Brazil defense authorities have held bilateral meetings towards coordinating joint efforts along the border between the two countries to carry out operations against drug trafficking and organized crime in the area.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 20:47 UTC

  Uruguay chosen by WHO for hepatitis B and C program

  

  Uruguayan authorities have announced that as of next month healthcare facilities will be surveyed to detect the presence of hepatitis B and C in order to provide input for the development and adjustment of policies regarding these maladies and meet World Health Organization (WHO) requirements to reduce the number of infected people by 2030.

• Saturday, August 27th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Argentina follows Uruguay, lifts affidavit requirement for travelers

  

  Following Uruguay's announcement in the same direction, Argentine migration authorities will no longer require an affidavit regarding the health status of travelers covid-19wise, according to social media postings by Migrations Director Florencia Carignano Friday.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:19 UTC

  Uruguayan President praises law enforcement, would like better results

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou said he was pleased with the way the Ministry of the Interior and the Police were handling the latest increase in violence. But he added that, as long as some violence remained, he could not be happy yet about the results.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Employment grows in Uruguay after pandemic lull

  

  Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE) has published its latest measurement according to which the employment rate stood at 56.8% in July of 2022, one-tenth higher than the previous month.