Uruguay

• Friday, February 5th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Uruguay, one the very few “full democracies” in the world, The Economist

  

  Uruguay leads as one of four full democracies in the Americas, according to the Democracy Index 2020, published by The Economist. Uruguay scored 8,61 points out of a possible 10 and ranked fifteenth at world level, while the other “full” democracies in the region are Costa Rica, 8,16; Chile, 8,28 and Canada with 9,24 points.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Lacalle Pou agreed with Bolsonaro in Brasilia to make Mercosur more flexible

  

  The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, traveled overseas for the first time to meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in a meeting in which they discussed the idea of “making Mercosur more flexible” and the possibility of a face-to-face summit with the leaders of Argentina and Paraguay at the end of March.

• Tuesday, February 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Uruguayan president will share lunch with Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Wednesday

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou will be flying to Brasilia on Wednesday to share an informal lunch with his peer Jair Bolsonaro, his first overseas trip since taking office, but also a clear balancing act of the country's foreign policy regarding its two huge neighbors.

• Friday, January 29th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Canada and Uruguay, the Americas' countries with the less corruption perception

  

  Transparency International has released its 2020 Corruption Perception Index, which is not very generous with Latin American countries, including Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, with Uruguay the great exception and best-ranked in the Americas behind Canada.

• Friday, January 29th 2021 - 08:12 UTC

  Uruguayan skipper leads female rowers across the Atlantic in the Talisker Whisky Challenge

  

  All-female four-boat, The Bristol Gulls, including for the first time a Uruguayan skipper, raced into English Harbour, Antigua, completing this year’s Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge on the 27th January 2021.

• Thursday, January 28th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay will partially reopen its borders as of February

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou announced on Wednesday the partial lifting of the borders' total closure which had been established last December 20, but all other measures that had been announced on that date remain in full compliance.

• Wednesday, January 27th 2021 - 20:39 UTC

  Director of Sinovac's intermediary institute said it did not close a deal with Uruguay for vaccine

  

  The Director of the Butantan Institute on Tuesday contradicted the words of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou, assuring that there is not yet a closed agreement between the Uruguayan government and the Chinese laboratory Sinovac for the purchase of the vaccine against Covid-19. However, the institute affirmed that there is a pre-agreement and talks are still ongoing. Lacalle Pou announced on Saturday at a press conference the purchase of 1.75 million doses from this laboratory.

• Wednesday, January 27th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Maersk appoints commercial director for Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay

  

  A.P.Moller-Maersk announced the arrival of Douglas Piagentini as its new commercial director for the East Coast of Latin America made up of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 11:22 UTC

  State of the art USCG Stone docks in Montevideo heading for the South Atlantic

  

  One of the US Coast Guard newest vessels docked in Montevideo early Monday looking for supplies and fuel, but given the strict sanitary isolation measures no member of the crew will be disembarking or anybody visiting the vessel.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 10:52 UTC

  Uruguay's Jose Pepe Mujica bestowed with the highest honor of Argentina

  

  Uruguayan former president, Jose Pepe Mujica has been bestowed by the Argentine government, the country's highest honor, the Collar of the San Martin Liberator Order. The honor is extended to foreign officials, civilian or military, who in the exercise of their duties merit the highest tribute and acknowledgment in the interests of the Argentine Nation.