Uruguay

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Uruguayan Air Force to help trace possible mass graves

  

  Uruguay's Air Force (FAU) will assist the Human Rights Institute in tracing possible burials of people forcibly disappeared during the military dictatorship using state-of-the-art laser technology, Defense Minister Javier García announced Wednesday.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Two more bodies retrieved from doomed Bariloche hotel

  

  Rescuers have found the bodies of the two Uruguayan tourists who had gone missing after a mudslide fell on a top-class hotel in Bariloche in the Argentine province of Río Negro, it was announced Wednesday, bringing the death toll up to 3 victims.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  One dead, at least 3 injured in Bariloche hotel mudslide

  

  An avalanche of mud has left at least one person dead and three others injured Monday at the Villa Huinid Hotel on Bustillo Avenue, approximately three kilometers from downtown Bariloche, the famous Argentine mountain resort in the province of Río Negro.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Ports of Montevideo, Colonia and Buenos Aires had to be closed on Monday due to fog

  

  After the strong reduction in visibility registered in the country this Monday due to fog and mist, which according to the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) will persist until next Thursday, the ports of Montevideo, Colonia, and Buenos Aires decided to close, reported the Uruguayan newspaper El Observador.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  President Lacalle tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Summit of the Americas

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has tested positive for COVID-19 and will therefore skip this week's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, he announced on his Twitter account.

• Monday, June 6th 2022 - 10:29 UTC

  Lacalle Pou: “it is not true that security has worsened” in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou addressed on Sunday public security and replied to criticism from opposition left-wing party Frente Amplio’s (Broad Front).

• Saturday, June 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay rounds-up successful appearance at leading MICE fair

  

  Uruguay's appearance at the leading IMEX fair in Frankfurt yielded “a very positive balance,” according to tourism officials who represented the country at the global event, which is focused on the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Congresses and Exhibitions) sector.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguayan unions call for general strike next month

  

  Uruguay's labor unions gathered under the PIT-CNT Thursday, announced a general strike with a march towards the Executive Tower and the Legislative Palace between 9 am and 1 pm.

• Friday, June 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Different candidates for PAHO chair

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday announced candidates from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, and Uruguay were vying to succeed Dominica's Carissa Etienne of Dominica as agency head.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 22:00 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities suspect 4 cases of monkeypox

  

  Uruguay's Health Ministry (MSP) Thursday announced it was monitoring four cases suspected of being monkeypox. All of them are of people with a travel history to countries where the malady has already been detected.