Uruguay

Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 20:36 UTC
Uruguay back to vaccinating children against COVID-19

Uruguay Thursday resumed vaccinating children aged 5 to 13 against COVID-19 after an Appellate Court reversed earlier this week Judge Alejandro Recarey's ruling halting the therapeutic procedure.
Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:46 UTC
Unusual dead fauna appearance reported on Uruguayan shores: 80 penguins and a whale

Over 80 penguins, many of them trapped in a fishing net, and a dead whale were reported Wednesday to have appeared on the Atlantic Ocean shores of the Uruguayan department of Maldonado by the NGO SOS Rescate Fauna Marina (RFM).
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC
Court rules Uruguay may resume vaccination of children against COVID-19

A Montevideo Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed a previous decision by a lower court halting vaccination of children aged between 5 and 13 years against COVID-19, Health Minister Daniel Salinas announced. The administration of these drugs will be resumed Thursday without prior appointments needed.
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Lacalle Pou and Zelensky hold a telephone conversation: here's what they talked about

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone and conveyed to him the South American country's stance condemning Russia's invasion.
Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 07:34 UTC
Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announces

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.
Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 20:37 UTC
Luis Suárez, Uruguayan national team's all-time leading scorer, will return to play for his country's club, Nacional

The player of the Uruguayan national soccer team, Luis Suárez, published a video on his social networks to give the news that fans of Nacional, one of the most important teams in the Uruguayan league, wanted the most. The 35-year-old forward announced that he has a pre-contract with the club where he was born and said that “in the next few hours details will be finalized”.
Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 20:09 UTC
Uruguayan peacekeepers said to be OK after violence hits UN mission in Congo

Uruguayan peacekeeping forces in Congo have been reported to be in good health after riots took place at the local UN headquarters where the South American troops are stationed.
Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:30 UTC
Uruguayan FM hopes other Mercosur countries will join Chinese FTA talks

After meeting Monday with members of a Chinese delegation who are in Montevideo since Saturday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said he hoped the other members of Mercosur would soon join the Free Trade Agreement negotiations because the Asian giant was “open to cooperation both with Mercosur and with the particular member country.”
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 21:20 UTC
Uruguay refuses to sign Mercosur Summit's joint statement

The Government of Uruguay Thursday refrained from signing the joint document penned at the Mercosur Summit in Asunción, on the grounds that it lacked any mention of flexibilization, which the Luis Lacalle Pou administration needs to broker one-on-one deals with other blocs or countries or blocs of the block.
Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:50 UTC
Rio Grande port in south Brazil plans to increase export shipments from Uruguay and Paraguay

The Port of Rio Grande in the Brazilian southernmost state of Rio Grande do sul, will have continuous dredging of its access channel. The decision follows strong long-standing demand from operators and the fact that the main maritime port terminal in the state of Rio Grande do Sul also has close links with the three other Mercosur member countries, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.