Uruguay

• Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:24 UTC

  Uruguayan Senator against synthetic meat

  

  Uruguayan Senator Sebastián Da Silva (National Party) will push for the banning of the manufacture and import of artificial or laboratory meat because “Uruguay, as a cattle-raising country, has to be a pioneer in the fight against this type of laboratory protein, artificial, and must defend the real natural food,” it was reported in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, May 30th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Paraguayan President-elect meets with Argentine and Uruguayan leaders

  

  Paraguay's President-elect Santiago Peña Monday met in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Alberto Fernández and later in the day, he traveled to Montevideo for an encounter with President Luis Lacalle Pou as both La Plata River leaders were preparing to travel to Brasilia for the South American Summit convened by Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 23:10 UTC

  Uruguayan Presidential Secretary discharged from hospital

  

  Uruguayan Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado was discharged from a Paysandú hospital Saturday afternoon after being involved in a violent car crash on Friday while on his way to the Anchorena ranch in Colonia to participate in a lunch hosted by President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Saturday, May 27th 2023 - 08:31 UTC

  Uruguayan Presidential Secretary survives serious car crash

  

  Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado and his driver Carlos Soria were hospitalized in Paysandú Friday after a serious car crash on Route 24 while on their way to the Anchorena ranch for a cabinet lunch called by President Luis Lacalle Pou, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 23rd 2023 - 10:47 UTC

  Uruguay to import bottled water: desalinization plant does not fit in aircraft

  

  Uruguay's Economy Ministry Monday greenlighted the tax-free import of bottled water as one of the measures against the drought affecting Montevideo and the metropolitan area, it was reported. Meanwhile, Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado confirmed that the desalination plant to be brought from Houston does not fit “by 15 centimeters” in the C-130 Hercules aircraft sent to pick it up and it will therefore take “a few weeks” to reach South America by ship.

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Uruguayans hold successful March of Silence

  

  Thousands of Uruguayans marched through the streets of Montevideo on Saturday evening marking the 28th March of Silence to remember the missing persons victims of the last military dictatorship (1973-1984). With signs reading “Where are they?” and “Never again State Terrorism” the demonstrators insisted on their demands for Justice. Around noon Saturday, a tribute was also held at the memorial of the disappeared detainees in the Cerro neighborhood.

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  IMF: Uruguay excels, predicts 2% growth, 7% inflation, 8.1% unemployment in 2023

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Uruguay on May 15, 2023, with prospects for this year anticipating 2% growth, declining inflation in the range of 7%, unemployment of 8,1% and a GDP of 81 bullion US dollars.

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Asylum requests on the rise in Uruguay

  

  According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of asylum requests in Uruguay has increased to 16,000 from 13,113 in mid-2022, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Saturday, May 20th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Poll: Uruguayan President still has 46% approval

  

  According to a study by pollsters, Cifra published this week in Montevideo, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou still has a 46% approval rating and a 43% negative image after over three years in office.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  Uruguayan grocers running out of bottled water as demand soars

  

  As Uruguay's water crisis continues to escalate, sales of bottled water grew threefold during the last few days as suppliers ran out of stock, it was reported in Montevideo.