Uruguay

Tuesday, December 16th 2014 - 20:54 UTC
Uruguay's media law bill reaches Senate - Mujica warns of foreign sharks.

President and journalists organisations deem LSCA necessary to avoid handing the media over to outside operators. They see no danger to freedom of speech in legislative project as it is.
Saturday, December 13th 2014 - 04:03 UTC
Argentina praised Uruguay's support in the Malvinas dispute with UK

Argentina’s ambassador to Uruguay Dante Dovena has praised the “commitment” and support of President Jose Mujica administration in the country’s sovereignty dispute against the UK as he readied to close he 2014 Malvinas Forum in the neighboring nation.
Friday, December 12th 2014 - 22:55 UTC
OAS will vote for new Secretary General on 18 March 2015: Insulza steps down after a decade

Member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) agreed that the next Assistant Secretary General will be elected on the same day as the election of the next Secretary General, 18 March 2015. The initiative was approved during Wednesday's regular meetings by the OAS Permanent Council
Tuesday, December 9th 2014 - 07:44 UTC
'Guantanamo inmates will be out in Montevideo streets after medical checkups'

“Once the medical checkups are over they'll be out of the Military Hospital and walking in the streets of Montevideo as any other refugee or immigrant” said Uruguayan Defense minister Eleuterio Fernadez Huidobro on Monday in reference to the Guantanamo inmates that arrived on Sunday morning.
Monday, December 8th 2014 - 06:55 UTC
Mujica says Guantanamo inmates in Uruguay can leave whenever they wish

The detainees from Guantanamo Base in Cuba that arrived in Uruguay on Sunday as part of an agreement with the US, “can leave the country whenever they wish”, since they come as 'refugees', announced President Jose Mujica.
Monday, December 8th 2014 - 06:42 UTC
US confirms Uruguay has received the six Guantanamo detainees

The United States Department of Defense announced on Sunday the transfer to Uruguay of six detainees from the Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, a long announced event which was postponed several times allegedly because of bureaucratic delays in the US and controversy in Uruguay.
Wednesday, December 3rd 2014 - 09:31 UTC
Analysts anticipate 'painful adjustment' for Uruguay if there is a continuity of current policies

High inflation, relatively weak economic growth and an exhausted growth model are forecasted for Uruguayan president-elect Tabare Vazquez second administration as of next March, according to the latest report from two Capital Economics analysts.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2014 - 05:02 UTC
US wants to continue with president-elect Vazquez the “vibrant relationship” developed with Mujica

Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated on Monday Uruguayan president-elect Tabare Vazquez on his Sunday victory, and said that the US looks forward to working with the new administration and to continue advancing with the “vibrant relationship we have had” under the leadership of President Jose Mujica.
Monday, December 1st 2014 - 09:52 UTC
Lacalle Pou accepts defeat and promises to continue working from parliament

“People have decided and opted for the ticket Tabare Vazquez-Raul Sendic and results must be complied, respected and defended”, were Luis Lacalle Pou's first words admitting defeat on Sunday evening to Uruguay's next president Vazquez.
Monday, December 1st 2014 - 09:18 UTC
Argentina's visiting Scioli was the first to officially announce Vazquez' victory

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli who on Sunday travelled to Montevideo to congratulate elected president Tabare Vazquez, unknowingly was the first person to officially confirm the victory of Uruguay's next leader a few minutes after voting booths were closed.