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Montevideo, March 7th 2026 - 20:54 UTC

Uruguay

  • Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 21:48 UTC

    Economic collapse in Argentina worsens in a volatile day: Macri blames uncertainty

    On the day when the dollar reached 47.30 pesos and country risk exceeded 1,000 points, Macri said that markets “today doubted Argentina”

    Argentina lived on Thursday another day in which the dollar rebounded and the country risk exceeded 1000 points. President Mauricio Macri criticized the “short-term” view of the markets and the Central Bank (BCRA) had to intervene by positioning the interest rate at 70% and diverting the futures market to contain the demand on the currency, preventing it from reaching the maximum accorded of 51.45 pesos.

  • Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

    Declassified U.S. Documents Reveal Details About Argentina’s Dictatorship

    Representatives of the ultra-secret directorate, which included intelligence officers from Chile and Uruguay, settled on their next victim through a “majority vote.”

    The assassination squad created by Argentina’s military dictatorship to target dissidents during the 1970s had, like other state programs, its own bureaucratic rules: Employees punched in at 9:30 a.m. and were entitled to a two-hour lunch. They received a US$ 1,000 clothing allowance during their first overseas mission. And they were required to submit expense reports.

  • Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

    US hands Argentina thousands of declassified documents from the military dictatorship

    United States fulfilled a pledge made three years ago by then president Barack Obama when he honored the victims of the 1976-1983 military regimes

    The United States handed thousands of documents on Friday to Argentina on disappearances by the military dictatorship (1976/1983), completing Washington's biggest-ever transfer of documents to another government.

  • Friday, April 12th 2019 - 21:33 UTC

    Instead of agrochemicals, Uruguay uses wasps to develop non-genetically modified soy

    Uruguayan producers plan to ship non-genetically modified, agrochemical-free soy to China for human consumption.

    In Uruguay, non-genetically modified soy (GMO) soy is being developed in order to compete in a market saturated by the volume of crops in the region. Nevertheless, the country’s government hopes Uruguayan soy will stand out for its quality rather than for the volume of harvests motivating soy producers to use “biological controls” to combat pests.

  • Friday, April 12th 2019 - 21:17 UTC

    Tourists are cashing in on Argentina’s economic woes

    International travelers are flocking to Argentina, taking advantage of the poorly performing peso to boost the value of their holiday spending money, according to latest data.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 15:58 UTC

    Uruguay: ANTEL, Nokia Complete First 5G Commercial Network in Latin America

    As 5G rollout continues to accelerate, three more announcements have been made, beginning with the news that Nokia and ANTEL, the Uruguayan state-owned operator, have successfully completed the installation of the first 5G commercial network in Latin America.

  • Friday, April 5th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

    Uruguayan president caught with his pants down

    President Vazquez has admitted full responsibility for the situation

    Uruguayan president and oncologist Tabare Vazquez has publicly admitted full responsibility for not having read, but approvingly signed, delicate documents referred to alleged crimes against humanity committed during the military dictatorship, and consequently, without consultation, he sacked the Defense minister and deputy, and seven generals.

  • Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:30 UTC

    Uruguayan president caught on the wrong foot forced to sack six generals and minister of Defense

    President Vazquez will have three different Army chiefs in less than a month

    Uruguay’s president has been involved in an embarrassing incident which forced him on Monday to remove the commander in chief of the army, the Defense Chief of Staff and four other generals for allegedly covering up that a retired member of the military committed a crime during the 1973-1985 dictatorship.

  • Friday, March 29th 2019 - 18:39 UTC

    Montevideo: The most expensive city and the best place to live in Latin America?

    Unlike the cities studied of the great neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, Montevideo (and Uruguay) stands out for the quality of its democracy and its relative economic stability

    The Uruguayan capital is the most expensive and the best to live in the region. At least that's what the studies of The Economist, which positioned Montevideo behind Mexico City in terms of cost, and the consultancy Mercer, which places the capital at the top of Latin American quality of life ranking, revealed in publications made this month. El País (Madrid) explains that Montevideo has a “crazy decadent charm”. However, why does this phenomenon occur?

  • Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:11 UTC

    Uruguay supports China's candidate as next FAO Director General

    Deputy minister Qu Dongyu is one of five candidates which have been presented by FAO Member Countries for the post of FAO Director-General

    Uruguay formally announced it will support China's Agriculture and Rural Affairs deputy minister as the next Director-General of FAO to be elected June 2019. The official statement was made by Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa during a meeting with China's Deputy Prime Minister Hu Chunhua in Montevideo.