Uruguay

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 14:51 UTC

  Uruguay paid US$64 million after Luxembourg account seizure not disclosed by previous government

  

  The Uruguayan state had its bank accounts in Luxembourg frozen for several months due to non-payment of an arbitration award over the closure of national airline Pluna. The situation, which affected 37 financial institutions, was uncovered by El País after accessing official documents through a freedom of information request.

• Friday, September 5th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  World Cup South American playoffs: 4 teams score 3-0 wins

  

  Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Colombia all scored 3-0 wins on Thursday in the penultimate round of the South American Football Confederation's (Conmebol) 2026 World Cup qualifying round.

• Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  Uruguay's inflation within target range

  

  Uruguay's inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), registered a monthly variation of -0.03% in August, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) announced on Wednesday in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:07 UTC

  Uruguayan exports grow 3.5% interannually

  

  A report released by the Uruguay XXI Institute this week in Montevideo showed that the South American country's exports in August 2025 totaled US$1.327 billion, a 3.5% yoy increase. Sales abroad in the first eight months of the year reached US$9 billion, a 5.4% interannual growth.

• Wednesday, September 3rd 2025 - 11:00 UTC

  Uruguay: PepsiCo opens new storage plant in Colonia complex

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi participated on Tuesday in the inauguration of a new PepsiCo beverage concentrate storage plant in the Colonia free-trade zone after an investment of over US$100 million. The facility, which has been in continuous operation since 1993, will supply 24 markets in Latin America and other regions.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

  Uruguay signs Council of Europe’s Global AI Treaty

  

  Uruguay signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI systems is fully consistent with human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  Verizon departs Uruguay, leaving 265 unemployed

  

  Telecommunications multinational Verizon's decision to shift its Uruguayan operations to Chile has resulted in the layoff of 265 workers hired by Alorica, a third-party provider handling customer services for the US giant from a free trade zone in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, September 2nd 2025 - 10:18 UTC

  Judge bans public playing of Karina Milei's audios

  

  Following a complaint from the Government of President Javier Milei, a court has ordered the immediate removal of audio recordings attributed to Presidential Secretary (and sister) Karina Milei, in which she allegedly holds private conversations at the Casa Rosada (the presidential palace).

• Monday, September 1st 2025 - 09:51 UTC

  Researchers find wreck of former Uruguayan Navy's ROU 01

  

  The “Uruguay Sub200” scientific expedition, aboard the research vessel Falkor, has discovered the shipwreck of the destroyer ROU-01 Uruguay - formerly the USS Baron - at a depth of 1,160 meters off the coast.

• Friday, August 29th 2025 - 09:52 UTC

  Uruguay and Brazil sign across-the-border health agreement

  

  Health Ministers Cristina Lustemberg of Uruguay and Alexandre Padilha of Brazil have signed an agreement to create a binational health commission to improve healthcare services in their border regions.