Uruguay

Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:15 UTC
Mercosur hosts World Tourism Day 2020 official celebrations

For the first time in the history of World Tourism Day, the 2020 official celebration will be hosted by a group of countries and not a single UNWTO Member State. The cross-border cooperation of Mercosur Member States (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay plus Chile, Member Associate) reflects the current need for international solidarity and cooperation. This is especially true for tourism, working together towards a common goal.
Sunday, September 27th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
Major challenge for Uruguay's pandemic contention: 2,3 million electors will be voting for local authorities

Uruguayans love to vote and trust the certainty and guarantees of their electoral system. It's part of the Uruguayan ingrained political culture and helps explain the stability of the South American country. This Sunday Uruguayans are again going to the polls to elect the mayors of the 19 counties which make up the political division of the country plus the spokespersons at municipal level of several small towns.
Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Uruguay is winning against Covid-19: This is how

by Luke Taylor, The British Medical Journal – Latin America continues to suffer some of the worst tolls of Covid-19, with over seven million recorded infections accounting for nearly half of all daily deaths. But in the region's Southern Cone there is a clear outlier wedged between Brazil to the east, with over 3.5 million confirmed cases, and Argentina to the west, with half a million.
Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:22 UTC
Falklands announce COVID-19 relief donation for Uruguayan charity

The Falkland Islands Government has confirmed that, as part of its efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it has made a donation of £5,000 to Centro de Promoción por la Dignidad Humana (CEPRODIH), based in Uruguay.
Thursday, September 24th 2020 - 09:31 UTC
Argentine currency worthless in Uruguay

For the second day running the Argentine Peso was virtually worthless in neighboring Uruguay foreign exchange houses. On Tuesday the Argentine Peso was worth zero, and on Wednesday there was a modest ten Uruguayan cents offered for the battered Argentine currency.
Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC
Brazil buying Uruguayan soybeans to compensate for lowest stockpiles in decades

With stockpiles of oilseed at their lowest in decades, Brazil's Bunge SA is processing soybeans from Paraguay, and now also from Uruguay, which also plants over a million hectares of the oilseed.
Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina regrets the presence of Falklands' stand at the Prado Rural Show

The display of a stand promoting the disputed “Islas Malvinas” as a British dependency, at the UK pavilion in a Uruguayan agriculture and productions show, was rejected by the Argentine government.
Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:11 UTC
Maduro claims special forces captured a “US Spy” next to an oil refining complex

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday that a “US spy” was captured near an oil refining complex in the northwest of the country, which is going through a severe fuel shortage crisis.
Friday, August 28th 2020 - 08:55 UTC
UK and Argentine ambassadors present credentials to Uruguayan president Lacalle Pou

Six new ambassadors, including Faye O'Connor from UK, presented their Letters of Accreditation to Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, during a ceremony at Government House on Thursday.
Monday, August 24th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Despite Merkel’s “serious doubts,” German industry defends the Mercosur-EU agreement

After Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel stated on Friday “considerable doubts” over whether to keep backing the European Union’s (EU) trade deal with the Mercosur due to environmental threats that represent the deforestation in Brazil’s Amazonia, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) responded defending the agreement that was reached last year.