Uruguay

• Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 09:40 UTC

  More Uruguayan exporters greenlighted for frozen bone sales to China

  

  Chinese authorities authorized 27 Uruguayan companies to export frozen bone meat cuts in what Montevideo dubbed an “achievement” that “strengthens” the relationship between the two countries.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:51 UTC

  Uruguay, a failed Mercosur summit and China's long shadow

  

  Presidential summit meetings of the Mercosur alliance were usually sedate comfortable affairs until Uruguay decided to “open up to the world” under its pro-business President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 10:49 UTC

  Uruguayan President's approval drops amid scandals

  

  The approval ratings of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou fell ten percentage points in two months, hitting an all-time low of 39% since he took office, according to a report from pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday.

• Friday, December 30th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Azul adds new destinations to/from Montevideo

  

  Brazilian carrier Azul has added new services to and from Montevideo's Carrasco International Airport, thus increasing the Uruguayan capital's connectivity with destinations in South America's largest country, after direct flights to Foz do Iguazu, Florianópolis, and Recife were introduced.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:52 UTC

  Uruguayan Senate passes social security reform on to Lower House

  

  Uruguay's Senate Wednesday approved each article in particular of the social security reform bill, which will now go to the Lower House for further deliberation.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Uruguayan gov't wants to create national space agency

  

  The government of President Luis Lacalle Pou has drafted a bill to create the Uruguayan Space Agency, which would function as a decentralized agency under the competence of the head of state, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:02 UTC

  First family of Afghan refugees arriving in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay is to welcome Thursday the first family of Afghan refugees, Así Nos Va from Montevideo's Radio Carve reported.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:33 UTC

  Uruguay: Senate agreed in general to social security reform

  

  Uruguay's Senate Tuesday issued a broad approval to the social security reform bill, leaving the details to be reviewed Wednesday, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Former Uruguayan football star Fabian O'Neill dies aged 49

  

  Former Uruguayan footballer Fabian O'Neill died Sunday in Montevideo at the age of 49, it was reported. O'Neill, who suffered from chronic cirrhosis, had been hospitalized on Saturday in an intensive care unit.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 08:51 UTC

  Uruguay's cruise season in full swing; largest ever vessel MSC Seaview docks in Montevideo

  

  The cruise season in Uruguay is in full swing and according to local authorities, some 241 calls are expected this summer. On one day three cruises docked in Montevideo, the MSC Preziosa with 4,300 passengers, the Azamara Pursuit with 379 passengers, and the Oosterdam with 1,200 passengers.