Uruguay

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Fact Checking: Uruguayan President took less scientific-recommended measures than he stated

  

  The information check unit of French international news agency AFP Friday announced it had detected a statement by Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou that 24.5 of the 27 sanitary measures recommended by his honorary scientific advising committee known as GACH was not accurate.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguayan ministers travel to Paraguay to discuss flexibilization of Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo travelled to Paraguay Friday to discuss with the local administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez new steps towards flexibilities Mercosur's rules.

• Saturday, June 5th 2021 - 08:21 UTC

  Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, “one of the worst in history”

  

  Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal affairs.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Lacalle Pou wants Uruguay to compete in an unprotected foreign trade scenario

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday during the virtual Export Day celebrations that “we like to play on a large court, and not on a small, protected one.”

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:31 UTC

  Uruguayan judge halts extradition of Pepín pending outcome of political asylum request

  

  Uruguay's judiciary system Thursday decided to postpone any decision on Argentina's request for the extradition of former President Mauricio Macri's aide and current Parlasur Deputy Fabián Rodríguez Simón, also known as “Pepín,” until his political asylum request is answered.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  Uruguay's exports grow 54.9% yearly, UEU report shows

  

  Uruguay's exports rose 54.9% yearly, according to a report from the Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU) released Tuesday, which also showed that between January 1 and May 31 the increase was 33.9%.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  Vaccination campaign has reached more than half of Uruguay's population with at least one dose

  

  Uruguay's Public Health Ministry Tuesday reported that around 1,807,000 people, that is 51.15% of the country's population, have already been administered at least one dose of an anti-coronavirus vaccine.

• Saturday, May 29th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Case of covid-related “black fungus” concerns Uruguayan doctors

  

  Uruguayan scientists have reported the appearance of a case of mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, a rare infection that began to be reported in India as a disease associated with the coronavirus pandemic.

• Friday, May 28th 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Uruguayan government extends mobility reduction for yet another week

  

  The Government of Uruguay Thursday decided to extend the current measures regarding restrictions to the circulation of people for yet another week in a move to curb the unstoppable number of covid-19 cases.

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  IMF report praises Uruguay's economy and answer to the covid-19 crisis

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has audited Uruguay's economy and was full of words of praise for the South American country, it was reported Wednesday