Uruguay

• Tuesday, February 18th 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro insists in a good relation with Argentina, and insists in meeting with Alberto Fernandez

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he wants a “good relationship” with Argentina and it is up to the foreign ministers of both countries to agree on a meeting with his peer Alberto Fernandez, since the announced summit scheduled for March first in Montevideo, had fallen through.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 09:05 UTC

  Elected members of Uruguay's new Legislative branch take the oath of office

  

  Uruguay's new Senators and Deputies which emerged from the general election results of last October were sworn in on Saturday during a ceremony held at the Legislative Palace. The ceremony not only confirmed 99 members of the Lower House and 30 Senators but also marked the opening of ordinary sessions of the XLIX legislative period.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Incoming Uruguayan foreign minister invited by Argentina's Felipe Solá

  

  This Tuesday the incoming Uruguayan foreign minister Ernesto Talvi will be in Buenos Aires on an invitation from his future peer Felipe Solá, which has been interpreted as the first formal contact between the Kirchnerite government of Alberto Fernandez and that of president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou, who takes office on March first.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Fernandez/Bolsonaro summit in Montevideo in doubt, but both sides willing to meet

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández said he was not sure to attend the inauguration of Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, next March first, when he was expected to meet his Brazilian peer Jair Bolsonaro. Anyhow Fernandez insisted he was most willing to have an interview with Bolsonaro whenever possible.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Pope Francis appoints a Uruguayan secretary; Father Gonzalo works with street children and drug addicts

  

  Pope Francis has chosen as his new private secretary the Rev. Gonzalo Aemilius, a 40-year-old Uruguayan priest who worked with street children and drug addicts, whom he has known for many years, the Vatican announced.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Chinese beef importers seeking to renegotiate prices with suppliers from Brazil and Uruguay

  

  Chinese beef importers are seeking to renegotiate prices previously agreed when they closed deals to buy dozens of shipments from Brazil and Uruguay because values are too high, according to a report in the online edition of local newspapers on Monday.

• Tuesday, January 21st 2020 - 07:21 UTC

  Ex president Mujica calls Argentines “swindlers”; Buenos Aires media demand an apology

  

  Uruguayan ex-president Jose Mujica is well known for his eclectic statements, expressed in the most coarse language, and in these austral summer days, with much sun and hard-drinking, was again at it, this time mocking the Argentines and his Kirchner friends which he openly supported in the recent election that meant the return of the Ks' populism.

• Monday, January 20th 2020 - 15:59 UTC

  Interview: “Pepe” Gómez, the Uruguayan big wave surfer who rubs shoulders with surfing legends

  

  The surfer “Pepe” Gomez slid this week what may be the biggest wave ever surfed by an Uruguayan. He did it in Nazaré, Portugal, where a submarine valley creates the necessary conditions to break a worldwide known wave that reach up to 35 meters high.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentina pledges to review the 30% “tourism tax” situation in 180 days

  

  Argentina’s Tourism Minister has committed to reviewing a 30% “tourism tax” applied when travelers from the country pay for goods and services abroad in U.S. dollars, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told local news portal Infobae.

• Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:44 UTC

  Uruguay becoming a premium olive oil production and exporting country

  

  Olive oil producers in Uruguay enjoyed a record-setting harvest in 2019, according to a new report compiled by Uruguay’s Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries. In effect Uruguay produced 2,775 tons of extra virgin olive oil, according to the report, an increase of more than 360% over the rolling five-year average.