Uruguay

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  China competes in the dredging of Paraguay/Parana Waterway which handles 90 million tons of grains

  

  A Chinese company entered the competition to manage a section of the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway, joining four European companies seeking to win the concession to deepen the draft and provide maintenance on approximately 1,238 kilometers of the river course beginning in 2021.

• Tuesday, November 24th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  World Tourism chief visits Montevideo and praises Uruguay's focus on the industry with and without the pandemic

  

  The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has concluded his official visit to the Americas with a series of high-level meetings in Uruguay.

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine president visits his Uruguayan peer for barbecue and a “relaxed meeting”

  

  The Argentine president Alberto Fernández made a surprise visit to Uruguay on Thursday to meet his peer Luis Lacalle Pou, with whom they shared a barbecue and according to both leaders addressed bilateral and regional affairs with special emphasis on trade prospects such as the Mercosur/EU trade agreement.

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay authorities pledge to improve conditions for Spanish fishing vessels in port of Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan authorities have pledged to respond to complaints from the Spanish fleet fishing in the South Atlantic and which normally operates from the port of Montevideo where they call for supplies and cargo transshipments.

• Tuesday, November 10th 2020 - 10:27 UTC

  Montevideo port loses lure for Falklands licensed Spanish fishing fleet

  

  At least four Spanish fishing vessels, which normally operate in the South Atlantic, most of them with Falklands' licenses, left for Vigo and Marin in Galicia, avoiding transshipment operations in the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, according to the country's leading Maritime and ports information report.

• Monday, October 26th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Uruguay will not host tourists this summer season; borders will remain “technically closed”

  

  “Dear brothers from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, the rest of the region and the world, this summer we will not be able to host you as we do every summer. I want you to know that it is a very painful decision, because as Uruguayans and hosts we love to receive you and there is nothing we would love most than to share the summer season with you”, is the video message from Uruguay's Tourist minister German Cardoso to the potential visitors.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Fitch confirms Uruguay's investment grade at BBB-, but warns about inflation, deficit and public debt

  

  Fitch Ratings, one the world's leading credit rating agency has confirmed Uruguay's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-', however with a Negative Outlook, despite the country faring much better than its neighbors.

• Friday, October 2nd 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  IAATO Antarctic fellowship for a scientist to research micro-plastic in aquatic systems

  

  The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) and the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), have announced one of the recipients of the Antarctic Fellowship 2020.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 12:31 UTC

  Uruguayan lawmaker, ex Commander-in-Chief, avoids the lifting of immunity due to accord in ruling coalition

  

  It is ten o'clock in the morning and the Senate of Uruguay has several hours of intense debate ahead of it. Only few minutes before midnight, the ruling coalition of parties will have put the lid on the criminal investigation against their partner and current leader of the Cabildo Abierto, investigated for the alleged omission of denouncing the confessions of crimes against humanity made by a former military man before a Court of Honor in 2018.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Municipal election in Uruguay: a woman the next mayor of Montevideo and an estimated 90% voters turnout

  

  The next mayor of Uruguay's capital is a woman, Carolina Cosse, an electronics engineer, who has worked in the private sector and more recently in government as head of Uruguay's telecom company and minister of industry.