Uruguay

• Monday, January 26th 2015 - 07:34 UTC

  Full support for Argentina's Malvinas claim pledges new Uruguay government

  

  Uruguay's next ambassador to Argentina Hector Lescano said that bilateral relations have always been 'cordial', even in difficult times, and there is no doubt that when president-elect Tabare Vazquez takes office, Uruguay's full support to Argentina's claims over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be maintained.

• Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 05:50 UTC

  Cuba/US: catching a glimpse of the possible future

  

  By Leonardo Padura Fuentes (*) - All Cubans, on either side of the Florida Straits, but also in places like Spain, France or Greenland – where there must be a couple of Cubans – as well felt it was a historic moment that included each and every one of us, when U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Dec. 17 the normalization of relations after half a century of hostility.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Uruguay's Almagro becomes the only contender for OAS Secretary General post

  

  Guatemalan former Vice President Eduardo Stein on Wednesday announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy to head the Organization of American States due to health reasons. Stein's withdrawal leaves Uruguay's foreign minister, Luis Almagro, as the only declared candidate for the post.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  UK visa applications in Uruguay will be decided in Bogotá

  

  As of 26 January 2015, applications for visas for the United Kingdom made in Uruguay will be decided in Bogota. United Kingdom Visas and Immigration, which has the responsibility for issuing UK visas overseas, is introducing a change to its network as part of a broader change program.

• Thursday, January 8th 2015 - 01:00 UTC

  First wind-powered vessel expected in Montevideo with turbines for eolian farm

  

  The first wind propelled vessel in the world is expected to dock in Montevideo on Thursday loaded with turbines, columns and rotor blades for a wind farm which is being built in the north of Uruguay.

• Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Mujica's wife will run for mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay's main electoral base

  

  Senator Lucia Topolansky, the wife of outgoing Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, will run for mayor of Montevideo in the May 2015 elections, representatives of the governing centre leftist Broad Front coalition announced this week.

• Saturday, January 3rd 2015 - 06:32 UTC

  Mujica defends Brazilian leadership in the region and called for strong unity

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica defended Brazil's leadership in helping Latin America carve a place and advance in the world context, but at the same time underlined that even when Brazil seems large to its neighbors, together with the rest of the countries, the region is still small in global terms.

• Wednesday, December 31st 2014 - 00:46 UTC

  Mujica and Vazquez will attend Rousseff's inauguration on January first

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica and elected president Tabare Vazquez will attend the inauguration, on January first, of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff second consecutive mandate in Brasilia. The two leaders received an official invitation from the Rousseff administration according to Uruguay's official media.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2014 - 07:53 UTC

  Uruguay watching Russia's 'perfect storm' closely

  

  Uruguay's Economy Minister Mario Bergara and Vicepresident Danilo Astori agree on how Russia's situation will affect the South American country's trade balance and whether it may or may not have a direct impact on beef exports.

• Tuesday, December 30th 2014 - 07:29 UTC

  Guantanamo refugee wants to leave Uruguay

  

  Reports indicate he would prefer to go back to his Palestine parents, who are too old to move to South America.