Uruguay

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Former Uruguayan torturer Gilberto Vázquez dies

  

  Retired Uruguayan Colonel Gilberto Vázquez has died Friday while serving a prison sentence for his crimes against humanity during the military regime (1973-1985).

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 22:48 UTC

  Budget carrier Flybondi announces flights to Uruguay

  

  Argentine budget carrier Flybondi will start serving Uruguay as of December, it was announced this week.“ It is a good offer for many tourists to come to our country from Buenos Aires and all of Argentina,” said the head of Tourism.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 19:36 UTC

  The three Ms attracting Argentines fed up with the uncertainty of their country

  

  Argentines fed up with political instability, financial disorder, pandemic restrictions and growing taxes in their country are in increasing numbers moving or thinking about a new residence and have a preference for one of three Ms.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  World Travel Awards for Argentina, Chile and Montevideo; Latam was named leading South America airline

  

  Chile, Argentina and the City of Montevideo have been distinguished in the 2021 annual World Travel Awards of Latin America. Argentina claimed ‘South America’s Leading Destination’. Chile, with its dazzling array of natural wonders, was again voted ‘South America’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination’.

• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 18:20 UTC

  Uruguay launches literacy plan for prison inmates

  

  The Government of Uruguay Tuesday launched an education plan to reverse the large number of prison inmates who are unable to read and write in this day and age, Interior Minister Luis Heber announced.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Brazil, Uruguay FMs stay mum after Montevideo meeting: rumors soar

  

  Silence prevailed Monday in Montevideo after Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday welcomed his Brazilian counterpart Carlos França to discuss bilateral issues, particularly a possible 10% reduction of Common External Tariffs among Mercosur members.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 10:05 UTC

  Buenos Aires key to the region's future, says Pepe Mujica

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said this weekend in a newspaper interview that the future of the River Plate area was at stake and it hinged on whatever happens in the Argentine capital.

• Monday, October 18th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Uruguay saves money with environment-friendly electricity

  

  Uruguay has become the second country in the world when it comes down to wind-generated electricity, thanks to 43 eolic parks which produce a third (33%) of the electricity consumed nationwide, which has represented savings above US $ 125 million in 2020 alone.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay to make vaccination an option for tourists after borders reopen

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera Thursday announced his country would include COVID-19 vaccination to incoming foreign travellers when the country's borders are fully reopened.

• Friday, October 15th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  IDB 2022 Annual Assembly to be held in Uruguayan resort of Punta del Este

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) will hold its 2022 annual meeting of governors between March 17 and 20, 2022 at the most exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este, it was announced this week in Washington DC.