Uruguay

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Pepe Mujica favors legalizing drugs to hurt traffickers

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has retired from active politics but his witty statements keep making headlines, even at a time when his wife is about to undergo surgery following a domestic accident.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Argentina insists Uruguay-China FTA must go through Mercosur

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Friday issued a statement according to which Uruguay's negotiations with China towards a Free Trade Agreement must go through Mercosur.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  Uruguay deal: China ratifies successful completion of FTA feasibility probe

  

  China's Ministry of Commerce Spokeswoman Shu Jue Ting Thursday ratified her country deemed the possible conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Uruguay to be of the utmost importance.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 03:03 UTC

  Bolsonaro hints solution to Ukraine war resembles that of 1982 in the South Atlantic

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said he had “the solution” to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and vowed to discuss it with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

• Thursday, July 14th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Uruguay announces beginning of talks with China to reach FTA

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced negotiations with China to reach a bilateral free trade agreement are to begin, after technical teams from the two countries found it feasible, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 22:50 UTC

  Uruguay's DINARA requests additional data in Chinese jigger incident

  

  Uruguay's National Directorate of Aquatic Resources (DINARA) Chief Jaime Coronel has told reporters all the evidence submitted by Uruguayan Navy authorities was being analyzed in the case of a Chinese fishing trawler caught while performing illegal catches in territorial waters earlier this month.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Lacalle Pou gave an Uruguayan mare to the Emir of Qatar as a gift and left on Monday: Why is it important?

  

  This Monday, a Criollo horse that the Uruguayan President, Luis Lacalle Pou, promised to send as a gift to the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, left Uruguay for Qatar. Last February, the South American president offered the animal during his trip to that country for the international fair Expo Dubai.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Uruguayan Higher Court upholds rejecting Pepín's asylum request

  

  A Montevideo Court of Appeals has denied Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón's asylum request, it was announced Monday.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 09:24 UTC

  Uruguay records coldest, driest June in decades

  

  Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) reported Monday that this year's was the coldest June in the last 41 years “with a countrywide anomaly of -2.3°C.”

• Tuesday, July 12th 2022 - 08:38 UTC

  PAHO supports Uruguayan Health Ministry in vax judicial ruling

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has sent a letter of support to Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas after a judge ordered all vaccination of children under 13 years of age against COVID-19 be halted in the country.