Uruguay

Monday, January 6th 2020 - 07:04 UTC
Uruguayan rustlers butcher the hindquarters of a dairy cow and leave her alive

Rustling is common in cattle and sheep farming countries, and farmers in Uruguay which is a leading exporter of beef, wool and dairy produce have persistently suffered this sort of crime. Farmers have repeatedly complained to local authorities and police about the lack of protection of herds and flocks, and on occasions even slaughtering in the same fields where the animals grass feed.
Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 18:14 UTC
Deminers resume work in Falklands following a road accident involving five of its members

Five members of the SafeLane demining team operating in the Falkland Islands were involved in a road traffic incident on December 21. John Hare of Safelane Global told Penguin News the vehicle was the second in a convoy of three.
Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Uruguayan navy seizes record haul of 4.4 tons of cocaine in the port of Montevideo

Uruguayan authorities seized a record haul of 4.4 tons of cocaine at the port of Montevideo in what the navy described on Friday as “the biggest blow to drug trafficking in the country's history.”
Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 10:53 UTC
Ms O'Connor, new UK ambassador to Uruguay, takes appointment in August 2020

Ms. Faye O’Connor OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Uruguay in succession to Mr. Ian Duddy who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms. O’Connor will take up her appointment in August 2020.
Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Uruguayan president confident he is overcoming lung cancer

Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez clinical studies of the oncologic treatment he is undergoing “are satisfactory with no current evidence of the illness. He will continue with periodic controls, keeping to his normal activities in government”
Wednesday, December 11th 2019 - 18:32 UTC
Search for missing Chilean aircraft becomes international matter

No progress has been reported by Wednesday afternoon in the search for the missing Chilean Air Force (FACh) Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft with which all radio contact was lost at 6.13 p.m. Monday.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro calls on Mercosur for a quick implementation of the trade agreement with the EU

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Mercosur trade block needs to hurry up and implement agreements the group has negotiated.
Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Paraguay takes the chair of a quarrelsome strained Mercosur

Brazil on Thursday handed over the six-month rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade bloc (Southern Common Market) to Paraguay. During a ceremony at the bloc's 55th summit in Bento Goncalves, Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro expressed confidence in his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benitez and his leadership skills.
Thursday, December 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Trump's tariffs puts Brazil's Bolsonaro and Argentine president elect Fernandez in the same boat

The South American four-nation trade bloc Mercosur began a tense meeting on Wednesday reeling from US steel and aluminium tariffs and a spat between its two biggest members. Foreign ministers of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay opened the two-day meeting in the southern Brazilian town of Bento Goncalves, paving the way for a head of state summit on Thursday.
Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Uruguay president elect hopes pragmatism prevails over ideology in Mercosur

Mercosur faces a tense future, the president-elect of Uruguay said on Monday, referring to a diplomatic spat between regional heavyweight economies Brazil and Argentina. Brazil’s right-wing leader Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina’s incoming leader, left-leaning Peronist Alberto Fernandez, have sparred openly.