Uruguay

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Mercosur challenges EU's environmental demands in FTA; Uruguay goes rogue again

  

  Argentina Tuesday handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of Mercosur to Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the joint declaration after the bloc's 62nd Summit in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the northeastern province of Misiones.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay, Uruguay urge Mercosur to speak up about situation in Venezuela

  

  Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay Tuesday spoke against the disenfranchisement in Venezurela of opposition leader María Corina Machado in a move that seems to leave Nicolás Maduro's reelection bid unchallenged.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Uruguayan exports drop again in June

  

  Uruguayan overall exports fell sharply in June for the second straight month this year, as reported in Montevideo. The new decrease in foreign sales “was mainly explained by the negative variations in soybean and beef sales.”

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  Argentina's FM insists “asymmetries” make EU deal untenable

  

  Argentina's Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Monday stressed that the trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU) is hindered by what he called the “asymmetries” between the two blocs.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 10:17 UTC

  Paraguayan FM calls for more efficient Mercosur

  

  Paraguayan Foreign Minister Julio César Arriola Monday called for a “more effective and efficient” Mercosur during the bloc's two-day summit in Puerto Iguazu in the Argentine province of Misiones.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2023 - 09:01 UTC

  No progress achieved during Argentina's presidency of Mercosur, Bustillo says

  

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Monday told his Mercosur colleagues in Puerto Iguazú that “from the first day we warned that Mercosur had been won over by immobility” and insisted no progress regarding deals with other countries or blocs had been achieved during Argentina's pro tempore presidency of the alliance ending Tuesday.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguay's Navy rescues sick Chinese sailor

  

  After receiving a request for help from the Chinese freighter “Sumatera Express,” the Uruguayan Navy evacuated a crewman who had suffered convulsions and loss of consciousness, providing him with the necessary medical assistance, it was reported Sunday in Montevideo.

• Saturday, July 1st 2023 - 10:21 UTC

  Former Uruguayan military officer convicted of 1977 murder of Communist militant

  

  Retired Uruguayan Colonel Eduardo Ferro was sentenced Monday to 21 years in jail for the July 21, 1977, disappearance and murder of Communist militant Óscar Tassino, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Thursday, June 29th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Uruguay: School winter recess stretched, brought forward due to viruses

  

  Uruguayan authorities finally decided Wednesday that primary school pupils will have a two-week winter recess between July 3 and July 14 in a move to curb the contagion of respiratory diseases that have caused at least two deaths so far, it was reported in Montevideo. Plans to hold online classes that had been evaluated earlier this week have been dropped.

• Wednesday, June 28th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Colombia and Venezuela ranked as “least peaceful” countries in Latin America; Uruguay sets standard

  

  According to a study published on Wednesday by the Institute for Economics and Peace, Colombia and Venezuela have been considered the “least peaceful” countries in Latin America due to socio-political conflicts and internal violence.