Uruguay

• Friday, June 11th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Uruguayan Minister Falero recovering well after tumor surgery

  

  Uruguay's Transport Minister José Luis Falero underwent a surgical procedure Thursday to have a tumour next to one of his eyes removed, it was reported.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 21:15 UTC

  Cruise industry interested in returning to Uruguay for the 2021/22 season

  

  Uruguay has received over 200 requests for cruise vessels to call in Montevideo and Punta del Este for the coming 2021/22 season, (October/March), according to reports in the local media. Of the 200, 140 requests are for Montevideo and 60 for the international seaside resort of Punta del Este.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Vaccination for teenagers aged 17 to 12 starts in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay Wednesday became the first country in Latin America to extend its anticovid-19 vaccination campaign to children aged between 12 and 17, it was announced.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Uruguay's Transport Minister to undergo surgery to remove eye tumor

  

  Uruguay's new Minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP), José Luis Falero, suffered a seizure in the early hours of Tuesday morning and was rushed to a Montevideo clinic for further medical assistance.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Interpol red alert out against “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón but arrest will have to wait

  

  Interpol Uruguay received a red alert for the arrest of former Macrist aide Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón but his arrest will have to wait until his request for political asylum is answered, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Price of fuel goes up 12% in Uruguay

  

  The Government of Uruguay Monday announced a 12% increase in the price of fuels due to the increase in the international value of oil, a product that Uruguay imports 100%.

• Monday, June 7th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Ballet performance marks pilot trial of Uruguayan green pass

  

  Uruguayan authorities held a pilot test of the “green pass” with an event at Montevideo's Sodre auditorium Saturday evening.

• 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.