Uruguay

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Punta del Este shopping mall gripped by devastating fire

  

  A shopping mall in the most exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este caught fire Saturday in what Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber dubbed “a disgrace.”

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay potential customers of South Korea's military equipment

  

  Located in a part of the world with numerous and evolving security challenges not least North Korea, an aggressive neighbor with nuclear weapons and the largest per capita standing army in the world, South Korea has earned a solid reputation as a high quality military equipment manufacturer for land, air, sea and space, and could in a near future have the Argentine Air Force as one of its clients..

• Monday, August 8th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Brazil's Lower House passes bill to donate arms to Uruguay's Army

  

  Brazilian defense authorities are moving ahead with their plans to donate military equipment to Uruguay consisting of M108 howitzers and Urutu vehicles after the Lower House passed a bill in that regard which has now been sent over to the Senate.

• Friday, August 5th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  Joint bid to host 2030 football World Cup launched

  

  Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile have announced a joint bid to co-host the 2030 football World Cup finals under the motto “Together 2030.” The intended 2030 tournament will feature 48 teams and some 80 matches will be played in 14 stadiums. The last World Cup to be held in South America was ”Brazil 2014

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  No Uruguayan troops involved in DRC killings

  

  Defense Minister Javier García Wednesday brought peace of mind to the relatives of Uruguayan troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO).

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay: Lacalle admits to changing his mind over retirement age

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday admitted he had defaulted on one of his campaign promises of not raising the retirement age, because “it was impossible” not to modify it.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypox

  

  Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree to boost tourism at the border

  

  Tourism authorities from Brazil and Uruguay agreed over the weekend on a series of measures to boost the industry between the two countries during the Brazil-Uruguay Integration Forum held July 30 at the Rivera City Hall.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Uruguay has first case of monkeypox confirmed

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Friday announced the first case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the country. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), the infection was proved through PCR testing.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Slight increase in unemployment, Uruguayan statistics bureau reports

  

  Unemployment in Uruguay has grown from 8.1% in May to 8.4% in June, according to a National Statistics Institute (INE) report on Activity, Employment and Unemployment released Thursday.