Uruguay

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

  Uruguay launching new Covid-19 vaccination campaign

  

  Uruguayan authorities have launched a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 as the malady is spreading nationwide with a “moderate intensity,” it was reported in Montevideo. The Health Ministry said 330,000 booster vaccines have become available.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

  Uruguay's ROU 4 General Artigas sets sail on Antarctic campaign

  

  The Uruguayan Navy's logistic ship ROU 4 General Artigas set sail this week from Montevideo to bring supplies to the South American country's Antarctica deployments as per this summer's campaign.

• Monday, January 15th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

  ITA Airways flight makes emergency landing in Montevideo due to passenger's death

  

  An ITA Airways flight traveling from Rome to Buenos Aires had to make an emergency landing at Carrasco Airport in Montevideo this morning following the death of a passenger, according to airport sources.

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:15 UTC

  Uruguay: Palestinian Embassy criticizes beef export deal with Israel

  

  Palestine's Embassy in Montevideo criticized the Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou for a recent beef export agreement with Israel and suggested there was some sort of political alliance with Tel Aviv.

• Friday, January 12th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  Drug trafficking scandal: How cocaine made it from Uruguay to Belgium undetected?

  

  A shipment of 22,320 units of Portezuelo brand budines and alfajores (La Plata river sweets), along with 1,122 bottles of vermouth, originating from Uruguay and bound for Belgium, was found to contain 2.16 tons of cocaine. The discovery was made by Belgian Customs on December 28, sparking an investigation into the oversight during its transit through the Uruguayan port.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:22 UTC

  Punta del Este cruise season launched

  

  This year's cruise season was launched this week at the Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este during a ceremony presided over by Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera, who pointed out that some of the 232 scheduled to arrive between October 2023 and April 2024, 74 would call there.

• Tuesday, January 9th 2024 - 11:29 UTC

  Montevideo wages sanitary war against mosquitoes

  

  Montevideo City authorities are upping precautions in the presence of disease-transmitting mosquitoes. City Health Director Hugo Rousserie urged residents to take measures and explained that critical places where puddles appear, such as cemeteries, were monitored closely.

• Monday, January 8th 2024 - 12:29 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities project 4.9% inflation for 2024

  

  Uruguayan authorities forecast a 4.9% inflation for 2024 while the target range will remain between 3 and 6%, the Macroeconomic Coordination Committee reported in Montevideo.

• Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

  Argentina resumes joint border controls on river travel from Uruguay

  

  Argentine officers resumed operating at Uruguayan ports to run joint border crossing points “to optimize the experience of travelers of the different river passenger transportation companies and to strengthen the collaboration between both countries,” the National Direction of Migration explained through the Interior Ministry to which it belongs.

• Friday, January 5th 2024 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguay: Inflation within target for first time in many years

  

  Inflation in Uruguay during the year 2023 amounted to 5.1%, it was reported in Montevideo. The South American country's lowest rate in 18 years was achieved mainly thanks to prices reasonably stable in household goods, transportation, and communications, it was explained by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The Consumer Price Index (CPI) grew only 4.9% in 2005.