Uruguay

Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Uruguay votes a criminal reform “Living without fear” to combat rising insecurity

Uruguayans will pick a successor to President Tabare Vazquez on Sunday as well as voting on crime-busting constitutional reform to establish a national guard force and create full life terms for the most serious offenses.
Friday, October 25th 2019 - 04:00 UTC
Uruguay’s wealth management specialist booming under Argentine financial issues

Argentina has been facing significant financial issues in the last decade, and Uruguay wealth management teams are poised to take advantage.
Wednesday, October 23rd 2019 - 21:54 UTC
Uruguay Sunday’s general election: To a second ballotage and without parliamentary majority

On Sunday, October 27, in Uruguay, a new president, and Parliament will be elected. According to pollsters, the same parties as in 2014, the official Frente Amplio (FA, Broad Front) and the conservative National Party, will go on second ballotage in November. However, the novelty is that the Legislature will be made up of a minimum of six parties (a historical record) and a maximum of nine.
Saturday, October 12th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Winners of the Falklands regional student competition have been announced

The Falkland Islands Government and the British embassies in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay have announced the winners of the 2019/2020 student competition to visit the Falkland Islands.
Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Uruguayan election: “a ponies race, no thoroughbreds competing”

On Sunday 27 October the Uruguayan electorate will be voting for a new president (there is no immediate reelection) and a renewed Legislative, 30 Senators and 99 Lower House members. Uruguay is one of the more stable countries in the region, both it's solid institutions as well as its citizens who are deeply committed to democracy, social rights and a strong presence of government in the economy.
Tuesday, October 1st 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Uruguay expects some 203 cruise calls this 2019/2020 season

Uruguay is expecting 203 calls this coming 2019/20 cruise season, which represents an 11.6% increase over the previous season. The announcement was done by Tourism minister Liliam Kechichian during a conference on the cruise and tourism industry held in the Atlantic seaside of Punta del Este.
Saturday, September 28th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Opposition candidate wants to re-profile Argentine sovereign debt following on Uruguay's case in 2003

Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez indicated he would tackle the country's debt problem by adopting a strategy similar to that of Uruguay, which successfully extended its bond maturities in 2003.
Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Uruguay makes history in Rugby World Cup defeating Fiji 30/27

Uruguay inflicted one of the great Rugby World Cup shocks on Fiji, holding out for a famous win over the supremely talented Pacific islanders. A first-half blitz saw the Uruguayans run in three tries inside the opening 25 minutes.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
In support of Venezuela, Uruguay abandons the Rio Treaty

Uruguay will leave the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (TIAR, also known as Rio Pact) due to an “obvious attempt” by the other signatories to use it to threaten Venezuela with the use of force, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa said at a press conference in Montevideo on Tuesday.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
OAS votes to use Rio Treaty to implement economic sanctions to the Maduro regime, but no military action

In a meeting convened by the Organization of American States, 16 of the 19 states party to the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, a 1947 pact known as the Rio Treaty, backed using the pact to collaborate on law-enforcement operations and economic sanctions against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, and associates, accusing his regime of criminal activity including drug trafficking and money laundering.