Uruguay

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

  

  Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Uruguayan Defense Minister reviews troops in Middle East

  

  Uruguay's Defense Minister Javier García reviewed the South American country's peacekeeping mission in Sinai 40 years after its deployment.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Lacalle Pou to seek Uruguay's joining TPP

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced his country would apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in a move to have access to more competitive tariffs, which has caused a stir with Mercosur and could jeopardize other negotiations with China, it was reported.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Slight unemployment drop reported in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's unemployment rate was reported Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to have stood at 7.8% in the month of October, a slight decrease from September's 8.3%.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 08:56 UTC

  Punta del Este ready for upcoming summer season

  

  Punta del Este Mayor Enrique Antía Friday confirmed the “bridge two” in La Barra had been reopened after intensive work for the exclusive Uruguayan beach resort to be ready for the upcoming summer season.

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 18:51 UTC

  Shares of Uruguayan unicorn plummet after rumors of fraud

  

  Shares of the first and only Uruguayan unicorn dLocal, a company that debuted on Wall Street in June 2021 fell up to 43% this from $21 to $10 a piece Wednesday after rumors of fraud went public.

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  High demand makes Iberia increase Madrid-Montevideo frequency sooner than planned

  

  Spanish airline Iberia announced this week that it will be increasing its services from Madrid to Montevideo effective Jan. 1, 2023, due to the high ticket demand that had led company directors to speed up a plan that was originally scheduled for June.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 19:30 UTC

  Moderna says updated vaccine available to Uruguay has stronger antibody response

  

  The Moderna laboratories Tuesday reported that their two bivalent Omicron-targeting new messenger RNA (mRNA) technology booster vaccines (mRNA-1273.214 and mRNA-1273.222) have a superior antibody response compared to a booster dose of the basic RNA vaccine.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Uruguayan Former Vice President Danilo Astori resigns from his Senate seat

  

  Former Economy Minister Danilo Astori informed the Frente Amplio (Broad Front) party on Monday that he will resign his seat in the Senate on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Uruguay's Vaccine Committee summoned to rule on need for new Covid booster dose

  

  Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced the Vaccine Committee had been convened to decide on a possible booster against COVID-19. He also reviewed his plans to leave his post next year.