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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

Uruguay

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 16:13 UTC

    Pepe Mujica criticizes Venezuelan Government's authoritarianism: “You can call him a dictatorship”

    Mujica expressed during the press conference that “Venezuela's misfortune is that it has a lot of oil and has felt encircled and has an authoritarian government”

    In the wake of Venezuela's recent wave of repression and arrests, former Uruguayan President and leftist regional leader José “Pepe” Mujica has spoken out against the Government of Nicolás Maduro, denouncing it as authoritarian. In an address to journalists, Mujica highlighted the concerning developments in Venezuela, stating, “Venezuela has an authoritarian government that goes the other way.”

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 11:17 UTC

    US and Uruguay deepen bilateral ties at annual meeting in Washington DC

    Next year's annual meeting will take place in Uruguay

    The United States and Uruguay held their second Annual Bilateral Inter-Ministerial Dialogue in Washington on Feb. 15, 2024. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols and a US delegation of six federal departments and agencies, welcomed Foreign Minister Omar Paganini and the Uruguayan delegation to Washington, D.C. Together, they agreed innovation and common purpose characterized the US-Uruguay relationship and the opportunities that lie ahead.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 10:28 UTC

    Uruguay: Pepe Mujica says only Yamandú Orsi can beat the Whites

    Mujica admitted that a ticket bringing together Orsi and Cosse would be a wonderful thing

    Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica said Friday that he would endorse the presidential bid of Canelones Governor Yamandú Orsi on behalf of the leftwing Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) because, although Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse is “very good,” she cannot ”beat the Whites (the other name under which the National Party of President Luis Lacalle Pou is known.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 09:51 UTC

    Surcharge imposed on ship travel to/from Uruguay

    The measure comes at a time when a record arrival of cruise ships is expected

    The Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou issued a decree whereby a new surcharge of US$ 2.56 (US$2.10 plus VAT) per passenger will be added to travel by ship to and from the country to finance the new immigration control system. It will apply to regular daily services from Buenos Aires as well as to seasonal cruise ships.

  • Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:14 UTC

    Joint statement issued against the arrest of Venezuelan opposition activist

    San Miguel has been accused of plotting to kill President Nicolás Maduro

    Given the arrest in Venezuela of opposition activist Rocío San Miguel last week, the governments of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay issued a joint statement Thursday calling for her release.

  • Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:10 UTC

    Uruguayan Senator praises Bukele's transformation of El Salvador

    Sartori praised Bukele's “political will” whereby “positive transformations are possible”

    Uruguayan Senator Juan Sartori of President Luis Lacalle Pou's National Party met this week with his Salvadorean President “friend” Nayib Bukele and said that the Central American country had “achieved a total change in security and openness to the world.”

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 22:16 UTC

    The Economist: Uruguay's democracy is one of the strongest in the world

    Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Uruguay has been recognized as the only full democracy in South America and the leading democracy in Latin America, according to the Democracy Index 2023 compiled by the Economist Group and published by The Economist magazine.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

    Uruguay must pay some US$ 80 million for the 2012 closing of Pluna

    Mujica argued that these things happen because litigations of this nature are always held in New York or Paris

    After a ruling issued Tuesday by a World Bank arbitration tribunal, the Uruguayan State will have to pay some US$ 30 million over the closing of the former flag carrier Pluna, which has triggered reciprocal accusations between the country's main political forces ahead of this year's presidential elections.

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:33 UTC

    Covid-19 cases on the rise in Sao Paulo and in the region

    It is possible to have both viruses at the same time: Covid-19 and dengue

    Authorities in the city of São Paulo have reported that the number of Covid-19 cases more than tripled between the first epidemiological week of 2024 (Dec. 31, 2023, to Jan. 6, 2024) and the sixth (Feb. 4 to 10) after growing from 881 detections to 3,443, according to the interactive panel of the Municipal Health Department (SMS).

  • Thursday, February 15th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    US-Uruguay holding key ministerial meeting in DC

    Omar Paganini will head the Uruguayan delegation

    The second US-Uruguay Annual Bilateral Inter-Ministerial Dialogue meeting is to take place Thursday in Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols and Uruguayan Foreign Minister Omar Paganini will co-chair the dialogue.