Uruguay

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguayan President has 59% approval rate, study shows

  

  A new survey has reported that Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has a 59% approval among the citizens of his country.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 10:11 UTC

  Uruguayan Supreme Court upholds conviction of former BROU CEO involved in scandal to purchase PLUNA aircraft

  

  Former Banco República of Uruguay (BROU) CEO Fernando Calloia's 20-month jail sentence was upheld Tuesday by Uruguay's Supreme Court, thus extinguishing the chain of appeals available to the defendant.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Lower House passes resolution condemning actions by Nicaraguan regime

  

  Uruguay's House of Deputies Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the anti-democratic practices of Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega, who continues to place opposition politicians under arrest for allegedly planning to overthrow him.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Migrations Chief admits Argentine borders with neighboring countries may reopen soon, depending on vaccination rate

  

  Argentina's Migrations Director Florencia Carignano Monday said reopening borders with neighbouring countries was under consideration for when vaccination has reached a larger number of people.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay's yearly inflation set at 7.33% after Monday's figures

  

  Uruguay's yearly Consumer Price Index (CPI) was 7.33% as per data released Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), slightly above the government's target.

• Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  More than 50% of Uruguayans vaccinated with both doses

  

  Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced his country had already inoculated over half its population against SARS-Cov-2 with two doses of anticoronavirus vaccines.

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Uruguayan meat processing plant may resume shipments to China after labelling incident in April

  

  The Uruguayan BPU meat processing plant has been cleared to resume exports to China as of July 1 after it was banned April 9 due to a mislabelled shipment, it was announced Thursday.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Unemployment crosses double-digit psychological threshold in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's unemployment rate rose from 9.7% in April to 10.2% at the end of May, which marked a return of the index to double-digit figures, according to a monthly report released Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 00:16 UTC

  With no budget by Thursday, UN peacekeeping missions to be frozen

  

  United Nations has instructed peacekeeping missions “to make contingency plans” to leave since no agreement has been reached for the financial year beginning July first, and which could lead to a freeze of activities, diplomats revealed. The roadblock allegedly stems from China and African countries making multiple last-minute requests.

• Monday, June 28th 2021 - 22:19 UTC

  Falklands English with a Uruguayan flavor, “Chay”

  

  By Yliana Rodríguez (*) – An English variety with an Uruguayan flavour Falkland Islands English has called my attention for more than a decade since my dear friend George Stewart once told me about the Spanish words used down there. I flew home to tell my Dad, who to my surprise remained unruffled at the news and went on to tell me about Uruguayan gauchos in the Falklands.