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Montevideo, November 23rd 2024 - 14:38 UTC

Uruguay

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 15:36 UTC

    54% of Uruguayans reject social security reform

    The government coalition agreed on Friday to pause the debate analyzing the pension reform until after Easter Week due to the lack of support from Cabildo Abierto on the project

    The Uruguayan government has passed a social security reform bill in the Senate. However, objections from the Cabildo Abierto party, a partner of the ruling coalition, have generated uncertainty about its implementation.

  • Friday, March 31st 2023 - 10:26 UTC

    Uruguayan authorities exchange data with CIA to fight crime

    “We are on the right track,” Heber said

    As the United States intelligence apparatus seems to be expanding throughout the region, Uruguay's Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber Thursday admitted the South American country exchanged information with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

  • Wednesday, March 29th 2023 - 10:58 UTC

    Uruguay's Executive to cover for Central Bank's deficit

    Economy Ministry authorities described the problem as “an accounting issue”

    Uruguay's Executive Branch Tuesday admitted the Central Bank (BCU) reserves were below their legal threshold by Dec. 31, 2022, and a capitalization plan was therefore needed.

  • Tuesday, March 28th 2023 - 11:36 UTC

    Poverty in Uruguay down to 9.9% in 2022

    Poverty in Uruguay stood at 7.9% in 2017, INE showed

    According to Uruguay's National Statistics Institute (INE), the number of people under the poverty line reached 9.9% of the population in 2022, an improvement from 2021's 10.6%, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:30 UTC

    An optimistic Lacalle warns about authoritarian temptations

    If there is one thing that democracy does, it is to protect those who really cannot do it on their own,” Lacalle underscored

    During his speech at the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou spoke about the need to “serve the weakest” and avoid “authoritarian temptations.” Lacalle also underlined the importance that ratifying the Mercosur trade deal with the European Union would have in that regard.

  • Sunday, March 26th 2023 - 14:14 UTC

    Presidents Boric and Lacalle hold talks in Santo Domingo

    Boric said he had a good meeting with Lacalle and insisted a common Latin American currency would still take quite a while

    Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay held a bilateral on the sides of the XXVIII Ibero-American Summit in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Among the topics discussed was a joint interest in hosting the 2030 football World Cup. In addition to Boric, Lacalle also held a meeting with Spain's King Felipe VI.

  • Friday, March 24th 2023 - 10:46 UTC

    IMF explores possible political scenarios with Uruguayan presidential candidates

    The IMF held individual dialogues with possible candidates: Frente Amplio mayors Carolina Cosse (left) and Yamandú Orsi (right), as well as the Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado (center)

    The annual monitoring mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently concluded its nearly two-week visit to Montevideo, providing a positive assessment of Uruguay's economy and the government's reform efforts. However, the mission also gauged the pulse of Uruguay's political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections, weekly newspaper Búsqueda informed.

  • Thursday, March 23rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguayans go on strike against social security reforms

    A demonstration before Montevideo's Legislative Palace is also planned

    Uruguayans were preparing for a disruptive Thursday as unions and other groups are to stage nationwide strikes to protest against President Luis Lacalle Pou's initiative to make adjustments to the pension system and increase the retirement age despite his campaign promises otherwise.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Uruguayan Supreme Court gives thumbs down to Pepín

    Rodríguez Simón's extradition process may now continue, but his lawyers will not make it easy

    Uruguay's Supreme Court Tuesday voted against granting refugee status to former Macrist lobbyist Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón, who is staying in Montevideo to avoid an arrest warrant from Buenos Aires claiming political persecution and parliamentary immunity as a member of Parlasur.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:21 UTC

    Montevideo hosts Mercociudades convention

    International Women's Day “forces us to reconsider our priorities,” Mayor Cosse explained

    Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse Tuesday welcomed dignitaries from over 20 cities from Mercosur and also from Chile for the first Mercociudades meeting of the year which the Uruguayan capital is hosting.