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Montevideo, April 8th 2025 - 00:47 UTC

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  • Friday, January 10th 2025 - 10:32 UTC

    Uruguay advises against traveling to Venezuela

    Montevideo insisted that this was just a recommendation and that travelers may go anywhere at their own risk

    Uruguay's Foreign Ministry issued a statement this week advising against traveling to Venezuela, where “arbitrary detentions and kidnappings” by authorities and paramilitary groups are known to have been occurring. There is even a Uruguayan national among those missing, Montevideo insisted.

  • Thursday, January 9th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    José Mujica announces the progress of his disease: “I am doomed, this is as far as I've come”

    Mujica faces the end of his life with a clear message: “I am doomed. This is as far as I've come”.

    Former Uruguayan President José Mujica (2010-2015) revealed that the esophageal cancer he was diagnosed with in April 2023 has spread to his liver, which he considers an end point in his medical treatment. “I am dying. I don't want to suffer in vain, my body can't take any more,” he declared in an interview published Thursday by the weekly Búsqueda.

  • Wednesday, January 8th 2025 - 21:37 UTC

    Uruguay to launch new Covid-19 vaccination campaign next week

    Only patients needing more than one dose will need a written prescription

    Uruguayan health authorities will launch a vaccination campaign against Covid-19 starting next Monday using Pfizer's Comirnaty JN.1 immunizer adapted to the Omicron JN.1 subvariant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it was announced in Montevideo.

  • Tuesday, January 7th 2025 - 21:07 UTC

    Uruguayan future lawmakers hope to get euthanasia legalized shortly

    In Preve's view, legal euthanasia is a much-needed alternative and “a right for many people who are in quite complicated situations”

    The incoming administration of Uruguay's future President Yamandú Orsi taking office on March 1 may see the euthanasia bill passed, it was reported this week in Montevideo. The initiative is currently stalled in the Senate.

  • Saturday, January 4th 2025 - 11:56 UTC

    The challenge for Edmundo González, touring Argentina and Uruguay: can he avoid a new Guaidó scenario?

    After Jan 10th, what happens in Caracas may be key for the region's future.

    Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia visits Montevideo this Saturday as part of a regional tour aimed at obtaining international backing to assume the Presidency of Venezuela next January 10, after declaring himself the winner of last July's elections, according to the voting tallies collected by the opposition. During his stay, he will meet with President Luis Lacalle Pou and Foreign Minister Omar Paganini, who reiterated Uruguay's support to the legitimacy of his electoral triumph.

  • Friday, January 3rd 2025 - 10:33 UTC

    Uruguayan exports of goods reached US$ 12.845 billion last year

    According to Uruguay XXI, 2025 will be a good year for the agricultural sector in terms of production

    A study released in Montevideo Thursday by the Uruguay XXI Institute showed that the South American country's exports of goods reached U$S 12,845 million in 2024, which represented a 13% increase from 2023, driven particularly by cellulose exports and the recovery of soybean shipments after the drought the year before.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 10:25 UTC

    Uruguay confident Argentine tourists will save the Summer season

    Some 400,000 tourists more than last season are expected to spend 16% more in Uruguay this Summer

    Uruguayan tourism analysts predict a 16% growth in spending from foreign travelers during the Summer. An increase in Argentine visitors is expected given the peso's recovery against the US dollar under Javier Milei's Libertarian administration, while the Brazilian front conveys the opposite image after a recent devaluation of the real.

  • Monday, December 30th 2024 - 09:08 UTC

    Uruguay: Mujica discharged from hospital

    Mujica feels more comfortable at his home than hospitalized, Pannone explained

    Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica was discharged Sunday from a Montevideo Casmu sanatorium after undergoing a surgical procedure Friday during which a stent was placed in his esophagus to enable oral feeding, which had been hindered as a side effect of the radiotherapy treatment for cancer. On April 29, Mujica announced that he had a tumor in his esophagus.

  • Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 10:41 UTC

    Ancap and HIF Global sign agreement for green hydrogen plant in Uruguay

    Ancap's interim president, Diego Durand, described the day as “historic”.

    Uruguayan state-owned oil company Ancap, through Alcoholes del Uruguay (ALUR), signed an agreement with HIF Global to implement an ambitious green hydrogen and synthetic fuels project in Paysandú. The investment, estimated at US$6 billion, aims at producing 700,000 tons per year of renewable fuels, with a significant impact on the local and regional economy.

  • Saturday, December 28th 2024 - 09:30 UTC

    Uruguay: Mujica recovering after surgical procedure

    “I hope he evolves well,” Pannone also said Friday

    Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica was recuperating Friday after a successful operation, according to the leftwing leader's head physician Raquel Pannone, who also pointed out that the patient was “calm” and “quiet,” albeit in pain. She also mentioned that, after a stent was placed in his esophagus, he could “continue feeding orally.”