Uruguay

• Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Uruguay: Pre-trial detention of Senator ordered in sexual scandal

  

  Uruguayan Senator Gustavo Penadés, who on June 6 resigned from President Luis Lacalle Pou's National Party (PN), has been ordered to be held under pre-trial detention for 180 days while he faces criminal charges for the alleged sexual exploitation of minors, in addition to abuse and rape.

• Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 08:00 UTC

  Uruguayan Air Force to rescue 77 people stranded in Israel

  

  A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 aircraft was to leave for Israel Wednesday to rescue nationals of the South American country willing to leave the war-torn Middle East, Defense Minister Javier García explained Tuesday in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Palestine diplomats in South America launch appeal to international community

  

  Palestine's Ambassadors to Uruguay and Chile agreed Monday that the ongoing war unleashed by Hamas' attacks against Israel was something “horrible” to witness and therefore something needed to be done “to stop” it.

• Monday, October 9th 2023 - 09:03 UTC

  Uruguayan troops in Middle East not affected by war

  

  Uruguayan authorities reported Sunday that the South American country's peacekeeping troops in the Middle East were not affected by the Hamas attacks against Israel over the weekend. The Uruguayan Army troops deployed in Syria (UNDOF mission) and Egypt (MFO mission) are not involved and are in perfect condition, the Defense Ministry said in Montevideo.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:46 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas targets Uruguayan market for the summer

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas will be offering nonstop seasonal services linking Montevideo with Bariloche and Mar del Plata starting Jan. 2 and Jan. 3 respectively, among other changes for the summer announced by the South American country's flag carrier.

• Saturday, October 7th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Uruguayan minister chosen unanimously to head Inter-American Board of Agriculture

  

  Uruguay's Agriculture and Livestock Minister Fernando Mattos was voted unanimously by all 32 attending delegations to chair the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) for the period 2023-2025 during a convention held in San José, Costa Rica, it was announced Friday. Mattos' candidacy was put forward by the representatives from Argentina, it was also reported.

• Friday, October 6th 2023 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentina: Grim future for controversial politician Insaurralde

  

  Things are going from bad to worse for former Buenos Aires Cabinet Chief Martín Insaurralde, whose scandal with high-profile escort Sofía Clerici on a luxury yacht off Marbella splashed Argentine Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa's chances in the upcoming Oct. 22 elections.

• Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Uruguay sanctions Finnish paper company UPM for caustic soda spill into watercourse

  

  Uruguay's Ministry of the Environment will fine the Finnish paper mill UPM after a spill of approximately one million liters from one of its plants located in the center of the country affected a watercourse that flows into the Río Negro. This event, according to official sources, occurred in August and was “accidental”.

• Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  US Embassy in Montevideo: DEA will not return, but help is available

  

  Despite the interest of Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber, the Embassy of the United States in Montevideo said Wednesday that the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has no immediate plans to reopen its office on Uruguayan territory.

• Thursday, October 5th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Inflation in Uruguay within target

  

  Inflation in Uruguay fell again in September for the fifth consecutive month, reaching 0.61% for a year-on-year total of 3.87%, according to a National Statistics Institute (INE) report released Wednesday in Montevideo.