Uruguay

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Uruguay's Mujica blasts Malaysia as “a dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day”

  

  Malaysia is a bloodthirsty dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day, according to Uruguay's ex president Jose Mujica. The Uruguayan leader speaking at a political rally put in the same bag, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China as part of a poor defense of the regime of his good friend, the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Uruguayan actor George Hilton dies in Rome, aged 85

  

  George Hilton, the Uruguayan stage actor who starred in Argentine movies in the 1950s and 1960s and in European productions later on in his career, passed away in Rome on Sunday, his family posted on Facebook. No cause of death was given. He was 85.

• Saturday, July 27th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Uruguayan lawmaker Jaime Trobo, a good friend of the Falklands dies at 62

  

  Uruguayan lawmaker Jaime Trobo, a good friend of the Falklands' people and who visited the Islands in several occasions died this week at the age of 62 after a long battle with cancer. Trobo was first elected a Montevideo Councillor for the National Party in 1984, when Uruguay emerged from eleven years of military dictatorship.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2019 - 15:14 UTC

  Finland's UPM will construct a second 2.1 million ton pulp mill in Uruguay

  

  Finland's UPM on Tuesday made the investment decision to construct a 2,1 million ton eucalyptus pulp mill near Paso de los Toros in central Uruguay.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Strong contraction of Uruguay's economy: GDP forecasted to grow 0.6% this year

  

  Uruguay's Economy minister admitted on Friday that the country will end 2019 with a “very modest growth”, in the range of 0.6%, but was confident the economy would pick up in 2020 when the construction of a new pulp mill, with an investment of at least two billion dollars, is scheduled to start.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 12:14 UTC

  Montevideo gas workers lift strike after government's announcements

  

  As the Uruguayan state has vowed to take over the administration of departing Montevideo cooking gas suppliers Montevideo Gas and Conecta and jobs have been secured, the UOEGAS workers' union has agreed to end the strike, starting this Friday.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

  

  The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Uruguayan President Vázquez underlines the importance of the EU deal for Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Tabaré Vázquez Wednesday highlighted in the Argentine city of Santa Fe the partnership agreement reached in the first semester of the year with the European Union (EU) as a very important achievement for Mercosur after 20 years of negotiations, 39 formal meetings and many other informal ones, for which he thanked the technical teams involved.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 08:22 UTC

  Bad times for the hotel industry in Uruguay

  

  Several iconic hotels in Montevideo, Uruguay, have closed or will be converted into office buildings according to the Chamber of Tourism sources. The list includes a top-rated boutique hotel, Belmont, which hosted among others members of the British royal family and political figures such as Fidel Castro, and other world leaders.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:47 UTC

  Tabaré denies brokering meeting with Bolsonaro

  

  Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez Tuesday denied having sought to meet privately with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro during Wednesday's Mercosur summit in Santa Fe, Argentina.