Uruguay

Friday, January 8th 2021 - 01:33 UTC
FA admits Cavani is not racist, and blames Manchester United for not offering the player social media training

The English Football Association (FA) panel handed Edinson Cavani a three-match suspension despite acknowledging the Manchester United striker was not deliberately racist and had not known his language on social media was offensive.
Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Uruguay extends closure of frontier until the end of January; concern with clandestine partying

Uruguay announced on Wednesday a raft of new measures to help contain the growing number of Covid-19 positive cases which if sustained could strain hospital and sanitary capacities.
Wednesday, January 6th 2021 - 08:30 UTC
CONMEBOL supports Cavani and criticizes England's FA for ignoring cultural characteristics

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) joined the growing criticism of England’s FA on Tuesday with a condemnation of the three-match ban given to Uruguayan Edinson Cavani for alleged racism.
Tuesday, January 5th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Uruguayan players condemn FA's sanction on Cavani which it described as “ignorant and racist”

Uruguay internationals Diego Godin and Luis Suarez have joined forces to condemn England's Football Association ban handed to Edison Cavani while also branding England's governing body “ignorant” and “racist.”
Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:41 UTC
South Atlantic area of global contention? US Coast Guard off to South America to patrol for IUU fishing

The following piece by Gidget Fuentes in USNI News offers an account of the mission of USCGC (WMSL/758) Stone, fresh from Shipyard and Quarantine, and which departed Mississippi on 22 December for Southern Atlantic Patrol:
Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Uruguayan Legislative approves limitation of right to assembly until 10 January

The Uruguayan parliament passed a bill limiting the constitutional right of assembly and closing the borders, both temporarily as part of a package of measures to help contain a spiked of the coronavirus virus.
Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 10:55 UTC
Uruguay closes borders from 21 December to 10 January to help contain its Covid-19 first wave

Uruguay announced it will regulate the constitutional right to assembly when a sanitary emergency, lockdown access to the country from 21 December to 10 January, limit the number of passengers in long range transport, and have government staff take their annual vacation and those remaining, unless essential personnel, will work from their homes.
Saturday, December 12th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
Argentina takes over the Mercosur chair for six months next 16 December

Uruguay will hand to Argentina next 16 December the pro tempore chair of the South American trade bloc Mercosur. The ceremony as happened six months before with Paraguay will be virtual given the coronavirus pandemic, according to a release from the Uruguayan Executive Office.
Monday, December 7th 2020 - 09:05 UTC
Uruguay's twice president Tabare Vazquez dies: kilometers of vehicles followed the funeral procession

Two times former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died early morning Sunday in Montevideo at the age of 80 after suffering from lung cancer and pancreatic metastasis. By early afternoon and following on the family's wishes Vazquez was buried in a private ceremony at the La Teja cemetery, the working neighborhood where he grew up.
Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 16:30 UTC
Uruguayan ex-president Tabaré Vázquez has died

Former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died on Sunday morning aged 80 from lung cancer, which he had been suffering from since 2019, in the final stretch of his second presidency. His successor, President Luis Lacalle Pou, announced three days of national mourning.