Uruguay

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay central bank increases rate, anticipates a 'contractive monetary policy' to combat inflation

  

  Uruguay's central bank on Tuesday announced an increase of 75 basis points to 9,25%, in its monetary policy reference rate, meaning also the bank has entered the contractive phase, as so many other Latin American central banks, in an effort to rein in inflation.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguay braces for a “cyclone with unusual characteristics”, meteorologists forecast

  

  Although cyclones are rare in the area, Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) has issued a yellow warning regarding the possible arrival of a subtropical cyclone to the southern part of the country sometime Tuesday.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  Vanessa Estol is the first Uruguayan person to reach the summit of Mount Everest

  

  The mountaineer and climber Vanessa Estol became on Saturday the first person of Uruguayan nationality to reach the summit of Mount Everest (8,848.86 meters above sea level).

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay is Paraguay's gateway to the world, both Presidents agree

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez Sunday stressed his country needed Uruguay's help to secure a sovereign presence to have a way out to the sea so that its exports can reach the world and that Montevideo “has always been a port of exit.”

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

  Biden picks candidate for Montevideo Embassy

  

  US President Joseph Biden has chosen his nominee for the position of Ambassador to Montevideo, which now needs Congressional approval.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Argentine Pope canonizes first Uruguayan Saint

  

  Pope Francis Sunday raised the first Uruguayan national to sainthood from St. Peter's Square when he canonized Mother Francisca Rubatto, an Italian-Uruguayan nun who lived between 1844 and 1904.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 20:20 UTC

  Uruguay faces a wave of violence that could mean a homicide record – government blames drug trafficking

  

  Uruguay has been experiencing dark hours in terms of homicides in recent days. In the first quarter of this year, there were 96 homicides in a country of some 3.5 million inhabitants, 33% more than in the same period of 2021 and a figure that marks a trend that, if maintained, would mean an annual homicide record in the southern country.

• Saturday, May 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Lacalle arrives in Asunción to discuss Mercosur issues

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou landed Friday evening at Asunción to discuss a series of proposals to modernize Mercosur with his hosting colleague Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Friday, May 13th 2022 - 19:51 UTC

  Uruguay to start 4th round of covid-19 vaccination next week

  

  Uruguay's Health Ministry (MSP) Friday announced the approval of a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all people between 18 and 49 years of age.

• Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:53 UTC

  Southern Brazil ports and Montevideo have become drugs exporting hubs

  

  The seizure by Brazilian police of 136 kilos of cocaine on a docked ship in the port of Rio Grande, state of Rio Grande do Sul, clearly indicates the existence of an international drug trafficking route, in the south of the country and neighboring Uruguay.