Uruguay

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 19:23 UTC

  Uruguayan President's rating of approval back on its way up, poll says

  

  Popular support to Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou, which had been declining in the past few months, has resumed its upward trend and grew 5% since July's, a study conducted by pollsters Factum has shown.

• Thursday, September 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguayan gov't appoints preliminary team to advance on FTA with China

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Tuesday announced the formation of a preliminary negotiating team to start talks with China over a future free trade agreement.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 23:27 UTC

  Falklands makes second donation to Uruguayan charity, which assist vulnerable people

  

  The Falkland Islands Government, as part of its continuing efforts to contribute to the worldwide Coronavirus relief response, it has made a further donation of £5,000 to Centro de Promoción por la Dignidad Humana (CEPRODIH), based in Uruguay.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President to announce measures in view of Argentine border reopening

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou will be announcing Tuesday a package of measures to contain the impact on businesses in areas bordering Argentina for when the latter reopens its borders on October 1.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Visiting president Piñera and Lacalle Pou address health and post pandemic issues

  

  Trade, health and the post-pandemic, communications and the Pacific basin were some of the issues addressed by Chilean president Sebastian Piñera with his Uruguayan peer, Luis Lacalle Pou, during a one-day visit to Montevideo.

• Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Piñera arrives in Uruguay, the second leg of a three South American countries tour

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera with a delegation of two ministers and members of congress will be arriving Monday morning in Montevideo for a meeting with president Luis Lacalle Pou, the second leg of a three countries tour of South America.

• Saturday, September 25th 2021 - 09:23 UTC

  Large crowds march through Montevideo in support of diversity groups rights

  

  LGBTIQ+ demonstrators marched Friday through the streets of Montevideo insisting that “the world belongs to every being that inhabits the planet, not the handful of powerful people who feel they have the right to privatize and destroy it.”

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Uruguayan President Lacalle focuses on human rights and COVID-19 vaccination before the UN

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday told the United Nations' 76th General Assembly that the COVID-19 pandemic has “finally shown and revealed strengths and weaknesses” in the world.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Uruguay expands meat sales business to Japan, South Korea

  

  Uruguayan meat sales to Japan have been growing at an increasingly faster pace, according to press reports. In 2019, trade was worth US $ 20 million; in 2020, US $ 24 million and so far in 2021, revenues in dollars have grown 72% compared to the same period of the previous year, according to Montevideo Portal.

• Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Unemployment on the rise in Uruguay, INE study shows

  

  Unemployment continues to be on an upward trend in Uruguay, according to data released Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).