Uruguay

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 10:03 UTC

  Uruguayan exports fall for the 2nd month in a row

  

  Uruguayan exports in the month of October 2022 totaled US$ 842 million, which represented a 6% year-on-year drop, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 22:10 UTC

  Ancap workers resume jet fuel supply at Uruguayan airports

  

  Fancap union leaders representing workers of Uruguay's state-run oil company Ancap Tuesday agreed to lift the strike they were staging following a meeting early Tuesday at the Labor Minister (MTSS) in Montevideo, it was announced.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Amid strike, Uruguay's Ancap secures jet fuel supply through imports

  

  Uruguay's state-run oil company has imported jet fuel from Argentina to guarantee a normal supply to keep the international airports of Montevideo and Punta del Este operational amid a workers' strike, it was reported Monday.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 20:21 UTC

  Football World Cup trophy lands in Uruguay

  

  The World Cup trophy that will be at stake later this year in Qatar landed Friday at Carrasco airport, where it was welcomed by Brazil's 2002 world champion Lucio, Vice President Beatriz Argimón, and Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse, together with Uruguayan Football Association authorities.

• Friday, October 28th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Uruguay not willing to close any doors, Lacalle tells Japanese traders

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou told a business forum in Tokyo Thursday that his country was not willing to close any doors and was therefore ready to move forward with a bilateral trade agreement regardless of Mercosur's stance.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:27 UTC

  Mercosur ministers agree to boost cooperation in fighting crime

  

  Security and Interior Ministers of all Mercosur countries convened this week in Uruguay's capital to discuss the current situation in the region and pledged to improve criminal information systems among member nations, according to a document signed Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Uruguay successfully issues US$ 1,5 billion “green linked bond,” with US$ 3,96 billon demand

  

  On Friday October 20, Uruguay issued its first sustainability-linked bonds (SLB), with a step-down mechanism that is activated if it reaches certain environmental targets. The purpose is to align the country’s sovereign debt policy with its climate goals by issuing a bond that links the coupon to compliance with the climate and environmental goals that the country set in its first Naturally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Colombia, Mexico, Trinidad Tobago, Uruguay teams, winners of IDB Development Initiative

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the four winners of the fifth Superheroes of Development contest, which rewards creative and innovative solutions used in development projects financed by the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab (IDB Group) in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Uruguayan customs to up smuggling controls

  

  Uruguayan Customs is to seize any package over 5 kilos to protect traders in border towns, who suffer the consequences of the depreciation of the Argentine peso which makes shopping across the border more convenient, it was announced.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Lacalle off to Japan to boost Uruguay's foreign trade

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou is off on an official mission to Japan to boost bilateral trade, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo. In the meantime, Vice President Beatriz Argimón will be in charge of the Executive until Oct. 31.