Uruguay

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Lacalle Pou and Zelensky hold a telephone conversation: here's what they talked about

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone and conveyed to him the South American country's stance condemning Russia's invasion.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 07:34 UTC

  Uruguay will seek to join Trans-Pacific Partnership; Lacalle announces

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his administration would seek to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form and that, to that end, he will seek endorsement from all political parties.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 20:37 UTC

  Luis Suárez, Uruguayan national team's all-time leading scorer, will return to play for his country's club, Nacional

  

  The player of the Uruguayan national soccer team, Luis Suárez, published a video on his social networks to give the news that fans of Nacional, one of the most important teams in the Uruguayan league, wanted the most. The 35-year-old forward announced that he has a pre-contract with the club where he was born and said that “in the next few hours details will be finalized”.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2022 - 20:09 UTC

  Uruguayan peacekeepers said to be OK after violence hits UN mission in Congo

  

  Uruguayan peacekeeping forces in Congo have been reported to be in good health after riots took place at the local UN headquarters where the South American troops are stationed.

• Monday, July 25th 2022 - 23:30 UTC

  Uruguayan FM hopes other Mercosur countries will join Chinese FTA talks

  

  After meeting Monday with members of a Chinese delegation who are in Montevideo since Saturday, Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo said he hoped the other members of Mercosur would soon join the Free Trade Agreement negotiations because the Asian giant was “open to cooperation both with Mercosur and with the particular member country.”

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Uruguay refuses to sign Mercosur Summit's joint statement

  

  The Government of Uruguay Thursday refrained from signing the joint document penned at the Mercosur Summit in Asunción, on the grounds that it lacked any mention of flexibilization, which the Luis Lacalle Pou administration needs to broker one-on-one deals with other blocs or countries or blocs of the block.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Rio Grande port in south Brazil plans to increase export shipments from Uruguay and Paraguay

  

  The Port of Rio Grande in the Brazilian southernmost state of Rio Grande do sul, will have continuous dredging of its access channel. The decision follows strong long-standing demand from operators and the fact that the main maritime port terminal in the state of Rio Grande do Sul also has close links with the three other Mercosur member countries, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Pepe Mujica favors legalizing drugs to hurt traffickers

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has retired from active politics but his witty statements keep making headlines, even at a time when his wife is about to undergo surgery following a domestic accident.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:40 UTC

  Argentina insists Uruguay-China FTA must go through Mercosur

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Friday issued a statement according to which Uruguay's negotiations with China towards a Free Trade Agreement must go through Mercosur.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 20:41 UTC

  Uruguay deal: China ratifies successful completion of FTA feasibility probe

  

  China's Ministry of Commerce Spokeswoman Shu Jue Ting Thursday ratified her country deemed the possible conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Uruguay to be of the utmost importance.