Uruguay

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Another major haul of cocaine in the port of Montevideo: three tons headed for the Canary Islands

  

  Uruguayan authorities this week confiscated over three tons of cocaine from an Africa-bound rice container in the port of Montevideo. The container was originally from Paraguay and was set to stop in Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands off West Africa, before finally arriving in Cotonou, in southern Benin, the National Customs Directorate said in a statement.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 23:41 UTC

  Uruguay presidential elections: Lacalle Pou would widely win, according to polls

  

  After a long election campaign, Uruguayans live the last days before the second round of the presidential elections, which will take place on Sunday, November 24. The latest polls before the ballotage positions the nationalist Luis Lacalle Pou as the next president of the country, breaking the hegemony of the left that the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) imposed in the last 15 years.

• Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguay election runoff: “Game over, I'm the boss”, Mujica tells the incumbent candidate

  

  Next 24 November Uruguayans will cast their runoff ballot to elect the next president, scheduled to take office in March 2020. The dispute is between the two winners of the first round on 27 October, the candidate from the ruling coalition that has enjoyed fifteen years in office, and the leader of the opposition who has managed to conform a working “multicolor” majority in the next Legislative, and is ahead in opinion polls tendencies.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 11:09 UTC

  Falklands' tour for Uruguay's Anglo Theatre company next March

  

  The Government of the Falkland Islands, the British Embassy in Uruguay and the Anglo Institute have joined forces to organize a Theatre Tour to the Islands.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Uruguay presidential debate focused on economy and security ahead of the ballotage on November 24

  

  In a tense debate a week and little of the second round of the presidential election in Uruguay, on Wednesday night the candidates offered profound differences both in terms of economy, public security and the country's positioning in foreign policy mentioning the dictatorship of Venezuela.

• Wednesday, November 13th 2019 - 01:31 UTC

  Football friendly between Uruguay, Argentina still on for Tel Aviv despite shelling

  

  The football match between the national teams of Argentina and Uruguay scheduled for next Monday in Tel Aviv is still on as planned, Argentine Football Association (AFA) sources consulted by the press Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 20:37 UTC

  Google data center project in Uruguay under way

  

  Google plans to build a data centre for storage and server management within Uruguay's Science Park in the Canelones area, it was announced. It will be Google's second such facility in Latin America, the other one being in Chile.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Winds of change in Uruguay: ruling coalition stumbles, next government will be “multicolor”

  

  Winds of change have swept in Uruguay. After fifteen years in office, and enjoying an absolute legislative majority, the Broad Front could lose control of the Executive on 24 November, when a runoff is scheduled among the two most voted candidates this Sunday.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Uruguay votes on Sunday with a strong forecast change in the air

  

  Uruguayans head to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, 30 senators and 99 Lower House members. If none of the eleven presidential candidates manages 50% of cast votes plus one on 27 October, a runoff between the two hopefuls with most support is scheduled for 24 November.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay votes a criminal reform “Living without fear” to combat rising insecurity

  

  Uruguayans will pick a successor to President Tabare Vazquez on Sunday as well as voting on crime-busting constitutional reform to establish a national guard force and create full life terms for the most serious offenses.