Uruguay

• Saturday, September 17th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Uruguay's economy grows 7.7% in second quarter of 2022

  

  In its National Accounts report published Friday, the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) announced that the country's economy had grown 7.7% in the second quarter of 2022 “mainly due to the high yields achieved in the soybean harvest.”

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  This winter among the coldest in Uruguay's last 42 years

  

  Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) released this week a report according to which the 2022 winter was the ninth coldest in the last 42 years.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Lacalle Pou and Mujica found to be most popular politicians in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou (2020-2025) and ex-president José “Pepe” Mujica (2010-2015) top the list of most-liked politicians in the country, a survey by pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday showed.

• Thursday, September 15th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Uruguayan labor unions staging nationwide strike

  

  Uruguay's Plenario Intersindical de Trabajadores (PIT-CNT) general labor union has called for a 24-hour general strike Thursday to protest against wage cuts, high costs and social security reform.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Uruguay going through “2nd energy transition,” minister says

  

  Uruguay's Industry Minister Omar Paganini Tuesday said during the traditional rural Expo Prado fair in Montevideo that his country was going through a second energy transition.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

  Uruguay creates record of suicide attempts to monitor patients

  

  Uruguay's Health Ministry authorities have announced the creation of a suicide attempt registry whereby all those who unsuccessfully try to take their own life will be monitored to avoid a recurrent event.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2022 - 10:33 UTC

  Uruguayan President signs book of condolences over Queen's death

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday went over to the residence of the United Kindom's Ambassador in Montevideo Faye O'Connor to sign the book of condolences for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:09 UTC

  Uruguay's Carrasco Airport gains momentum as more services are offered

  

  LATAM Airlines has announced an increase in its number of flights between Montevideo and Santiago de Chile starting in September and growing steadily through December as the Uruguayan capital's Carrasco International Airport picks momentum worldwide.

• Sunday, September 11th 2022 - 23:59 UTC

  Argentina rejects Falklands’ “illegitimate stand” in Montevideo; British authorities responded

  

  Argentina rejected on Saturday the presence of a stand of the “illegitimate government” of the Falkland Islands, for which it maintains a sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom, at the agro-industrial fair Expo Prado, held in Montevideo, according to a statement released by the Argentine Foreign Ministry.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 07:43 UTC

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry joins global sympathy over Queen's death

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Thursday issued a statement expressing the South American country's sympathy over the passing of the British monarch at Balmoral Castle.