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Montevideo, May 10th 2026 - 14:32 UTC

Uruguay

  • Saturday, August 3rd 2024 - 09:45 UTC

    Montevideo says González Urrutia won but still not president-elect

    Appointing the president-elect “is a formal process that has not yet taken place,” Paganini explained

    Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini said Friday that there was an “overwhelming amount of information” whereby opposition candidate Edmundo González Urrutia may be considered the winner of Sunday's elections. However, Montevideo could not recognize him as president-elect because that legal procedure was up to the Venezuelan authorities.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 23:55 UTC

    Venezuela expels ambassadors from Chile, Uruguay, and other countries following election controversy

    Gil stated that Venezuela would withdraw its diplomatic personnel from these countries and demanded their representatives leave Venezuelan territory immediately.

    The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has expelled ambassadors from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. This move follows widespread international condemnation of the recent presidential election results, which declared Maduro the victor amidst allegations of significant irregularities.

  • Monday, July 29th 2024 - 07:00 UTC

    Authorities seize backpack with explosives on Uruguay-Brazil border

    Sunday's event came a week after the murder of a known drug trafficker in the area

    A backpack containing an explosive device was picked up by authorities on the line between the cities of Rivera in Uruguay and Santana do Livramento in Brazil, it was reported Sunday.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 20:00 UTC

    Lacalle Pou stands by Machado ahead of Sunday's elections

    Lacalle praised the courage of the Venezuelan people in this hour

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou held a conversation with Venezuelan leader María Corina Machado in the hours leading to Sunday's presidential elections that could bring Nicolás Maduro's regime to an end.

  • Friday, July 26th 2024 - 08:32 UTC

    Argos Georgia tragedy: Montevideo port fishing vessels turn sirens on to remember fallen mariners

    The once proud and daring state-of-the-art Argos Georgia at Montevideo port

    At mid morning Thursday, fishing vessels in the port of Montevideo turned their sirens on for a few minutes to the memory of the lost mariners from longliner Argos Georgia, believed to be almost unsinkable given its sturdy complexion and modern technology, which sunk in the middle of a dramatic storm in the deep south Atlantic.

  • Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 19:27 UTC

    Uruguayan Senator speaks against homosexuality

    “Homosexuals are homosexuals and that's it; It's their problem,” Domenech argued

    Ultra-conservative Uruguayan Senator Guillermo Domenech of Cabildo Abierto made headlines this week in Montevideo after saying in a radio interview that there is no such thing as “trans women.” He described anyone in that condition as “a man who dresses as a woman.”

  • Tuesday, July 23rd 2024 - 12:23 UTC

    Uruguayan FM hopes Venezuela holds peaceful elections

    There were even some worrying statements by Maduro, who spoke of a 'bloodbath' if they did not win, Paganini recalled

    In the week prior to Venezuela's elections, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini insisted that “it is time to defend democracy” in that country so “that the people can freely choose their government.” He also called for the process to be held “in peace” and hoped that the votes would be “counted with transparency.” After that, he wished the outcome would be accepted by all those involved.

  • Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 12:46 UTC

    Terrorism is not a crime everywhere, Lacalle Pou decried

    “In this globalized world, a terrorist action on one end has an effect on the other,” stressed Lacalle at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou insisted Wednesday in Buenos Aires that there were still countries where terrorism was not a crime as such. He made those remarks during his appearance at a World Jewish Congress gathering in the Hilton Hotel on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2024 - 14:14 UTC

    Presidents Peña, Lacalle Pou and Milei convening in Buenos Aires

    Peña and Lacalle will be joining Milei on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the AMIA bombing

    Presidents Santiago Peña of Paraguay and Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay are to convene in Buenos Aires Wednesday to participate alongside Javier Milei in a conference on anti-terrorism which will be their first encounter after the July 8 Mercosur Summit in Asunción Milei skipped to avoid rubbing eyes with Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he dubbed a “corrupt communist” during the 2023 campaign and never apologized. The following day they will join again for the event marking the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA).

  • Monday, July 15th 2024 - 22:02 UTC

    Uruguayan presidential candidate meets with Spanish PM

    Orsi (R) met with Sánchez, who chairs both the PSOE and the Socialist International (SI)

    Uruguayan Presidential hopeful Yamandú Orsi met Monday with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez at the Spanish Worker Socialist Party (PSOE) headquarters in Madrid to discuss matters concerning the global left in a move to “promote the exchange of experiences and strategies,” according to Montevideo outlets.