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Montevideo, August 19th 2026 - 10:56 UTC

Uruguay

  • Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 23:03 UTC

    IMF chief arrives in Montevideo for talks with Orsi and the economic team

    Georgieva wrote on the social network X that she was pleased to be in Uruguay and keen to learn more about a country that has built a solid record of macroeconomic stability

    International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva arrived in Montevideo for talks on Thursday with President Yamandú Orsi and the country's senior economic officials, on a visit made at the invitation of the Uruguayan government.

  • Wednesday, July 29th 2026 - 22:54 UTC

    US seeks Uruguay as destination for deported migrants; Montevideo stops short of confirming deal

    According to the report, the State Department, led by Secretary Marco Rubio, has discussed the proposal with Montevideo over several months. Photo: EFE/Jeffrey Arguedas

    The United States government has been negotiating with Uruguay for months over the possibility that the South American country receive deported migrants, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. Uruguay's foreign ministry confirmed that talks are underway but said nothing has been settled and that the discussions are not limited to Cuban nationals.

  • Monday, July 27th 2026 - 22:00 UTC

    Uruguay prepares protocols for the risk of El Niño flooding in the spring

    “The challenge we face now is preparing for what may happen in the spring as a result of this climate phenomenon,” the president said

    Uruguay's government is drawing up a set of contingency protocols for the flooding risk associated with the El Niño phenomenon, which climate projections indicate will have its greatest impact on the region during the southern hemisphere spring. President Yamandú Orsi announced at the Congress of Departmental Governors that the measures will be presented in August, ahead of what may occur from September and October.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2026 - 09:10 UTC

    Uruguay: nearly half of those polled say the government is falling short of expectations

    The same poll put Orsi's approval at 24% and disapproval at 56%, his worst reading since taking office

    For 49% of Uruguayans surveyed, Yamandú Orsi's government is performing below the expectations they held at the start of the administration, according to the latest poll by the consultancy Factum, covering the third two-month period of 2026. The study, with fieldwork conducted between June 2 and 20 and released by VTV Noticias, shows a sustained deterioration in perceptions of the government since the beginning of the term.

  • Friday, July 24th 2026 - 07:05 UTC

    Uruguay faces a 12.5% US tariff as its foreign ministry weighs the implications

    Sources at the Foreign Ministry confirmed the decision and said its implications are being analyzed, while noting that the outcome “was within expectations”

    Uruguay was placed in the highest band of the new US tariff scheme, with an additional 12.5% levy on its exports to the United States, for not having an explicit ban on the import of goods produced with forced labor. The measure, which took effect on Friday, raises the rate that had applied to the country since February, of 10%.

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2026 - 21:08 UTC

    Conmebol presses FIFA for a 64-team 2030 World Cup and more matches in South America

    The proposal, originally presented by Uruguay's Ignacio Alonso to the FIFA Council in March 2025 and taken up by Domínguez, faces strong opposition

    The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has stepped up its pressure on FIFA for the 2030 World Cup to be played with 64 teams, which would allow Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay to host more matches than currently planned. A day after the 2026 World Cup final, won by Spain, the body's president, Alejandro Domínguez, treated the format as all but settled in a message on the social network X: “In 2030 the World Cup is coming to Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay,” he wrote, proposing to mark the centenary “with a 64-team competition.”

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

    Uruguay postpones second aid flight to Venezuela over changed entry conditions

    Uruguayan authorities stressed that this is a postponement, not a cancellation of the mission

    Uruguay has postponed the second shipment of humanitarian aid to Venezuela, scheduled for Tuesday, after a change in the conditions set by Venezuelan authorities for the entry of cargo, Defense Minister Sandra Lazo said. The Air Force's KC-130H Hercules remains loaded with some 15 tons of supplies intended for victims of the June 24 twin earthquakes.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 08:00 UTC

    Argentine buyers slow their push into Uruguay's property market

    Among the reasons operators say keep Uruguay attractive is legal certainty in the rental market

    The flow of Argentine investors into Uruguay's property market, which intensified after the pandemic and during the years of greatest economic uncertainty in Argentina, is showing signs of easing. Sector operators attribute the shift to Argentina's economic recovery and to the narrowing price gap between the two countries.

  • Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:22 UTC

    Uruguay reels from rare quintuple homicide as five relatives shot dead in Montevideo

    The victims were linked to “Los Suárez,” a criminal group that operated in the Villa Española neighborhood and had moved to the area amid disputes over drug sales

    Five members of the same family, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed on Friday in a shooting in the El Monarca neighborhood, on the northeastern outskirts of Montevideo, in an attack that authorities link to violence between criminal groups and that has no recent precedent in Uruguay.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2026 - 16:52 UTC

    YPF plans to drill off Uruguay in 2027, says potential could top Vaca Muerta

    “This could be much bigger than Vaca Muerta, it could yield millions and millions of barrels of production,” the executive projected

    Argentina's state oil company YPF plans to begin exploratory drilling of an offshore block off the coast of Uruguay between late 2027 and early 2028, its chairman and chief executive, Horacio Marín, confirmed, saying the area holds potential that, if confirmed, could surpass the Vaca Muerta unconventional field.