Uruguay

• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 11:44 UTC

  Rafael Correa in Uruguay: controversy over visit by convicted Ecuadorean ex-president

  

  Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is in Uruguay, according to Uruguayan government sources cited by Montevideo daily El País. His presence prompted criticism from the opposition, while the government said that, for now, no formal meetings with executive branch authorities were planned.

• Friday, March 13th 2026 - 16:03 UTC

  Uruguayan fugitive Sebastián Marset captured in Bolivia and placed in U.S. custody

  

  Suspected Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset was captured on Friday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in an operation that ends one of the Southern Cone’s longest and most visible manhunts. Paraguayan authorities confirmed the arrest and said Marset had been secured after a raid carried out by Bolivian forces.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2026 - 22:33 UTC

  Uruguayans see security as top national concern, cost of living as main personal problem

  

  Uruguayans continue to identify security and crime as the country’s main problem, but when the question shifts to everyday life, the dominant concern becomes the cost of living, according to a new survey by University of the Republic academics analysed in a report by El Observador. The poll also found that about one-third of respondents believe such problems stem from “longer inheritances” or broader trends that no government has managed to solve.

• Monday, March 9th 2026 - 16:53 UTC

  Falklands, Uruguayan scientists join UK project to study biodiversity on the Islands’ sandy beaches

  

  A team of researchers from the Marine Sciences Laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences of the Uruguayan national university (Universidad de la República) is working in the Falkland Islands on the UK sponsored project “Biodiversity Assessment of Sandy Beaches in the Falkland Islands”.

• Monday, March 9th 2026 - 10:56 UTC

  Women’s Day rallies in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay focused on femicide, austerity and public funding

  

  International Women’s Day rallies in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay this weekend produced a shared Southern Cone agenda: opposition to gender-based violence, demands for sustained public policies and warnings about the impact of economic strain and state cutbacks on women’s lives. In Brazil, the message centered on rising femicide; in Argentina, on a strike-backed protest against President Javier Milei’s austerity drive; and in Uruguay, on demands for more funding to enforce gender-violence laws and renewed attention to vicarious violence.

• Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 17:44 UTC

  Formula 1-standard circuit proposed for Uruguay’s Punta del Este

  

  Local authorities in Uruguay’s Maldonado department are reviewing a proposal by Brazil’s Stehling Racing Team to develop a racetrack built to Formula 1 standards in the Punta del Este–Laguna del Sauce corridor, a plan still at an early stage and without any confirmation that it would translate into hosting a world championship round.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 13:27 UTC

  Uruguay cuts policy rate to 5.75% after external shock, with inflation still below target

  

  Uruguay’s Central Bank cut its benchmark policy rate by 75 basis points to 5.75%, from 6.5%, in a unanimous decision and the seventh consecutive reduction, as it weighed the market impact of the renewed Middle East conflict and a rebound in the U.S. dollar.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2026 - 02:56 UTC

  Three foreigners convicted in Uruguay for attempting to obtain a passport with forgeries

  

  A court in Uruguay’s Flores department convicted three foreign nationals —a Russian, a Kazakh and a Mexican woman— after authorities said they attempted to begin identification procedures using false documentation at the National Civil Identification Directorate (DNIC) office in the city of Trinidad.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 13:06 UTC

  Uruguay activates Mercosur–Singapore FTA on a bilateral basis, opening preferential access to Southeast Asia

  

  The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Mercosur and Singapore entered into force on a bilateral basis between Uruguay and the city-state on 1 March 2026, after both sides completed domestic procedures and deposited their instruments of ratification, according to a joint statement.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2026 - 04:31 UTC

  Uruguay: Orsi defends “stability” in first-year address, announces justice ministry and new projects

  

  Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi addressed the General Assembly on Monday to present a first-year account of his administration and set priorities for 2026, combining legislative announcements with infrastructure pledges across security, health, transport and technology.