Uruguay

• Saturday, April 30th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay confirms promising cruise season ahead

  

  Uruguayan tourism authorities have confirmed 143 calls in Montevideo and 40 in Punta del Este for the upcoming cruise season after meetings between a delegation led by Undersecretary Remo Monzeglio with representatives of the cruise industry and authorities of the Port of Buenos Aires, it was reported Friday.

• Friday, April 29th 2022 - 23:06 UTC

  Uruguayan President was invited by Boris Johnson and will travel to the UK

  

  The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, was invited by the government of the United Kingdom to meet with the Prime Minister of that country, Boris Johnson. He will travel to that country at the end of May or the beginning of June, as reported by Montevideo Portal and later confirmed by sources from the president's office.

• Thursday, April 28th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Lacalle Pou played rugby with Uruguayan and Argentinean prisoners and accidentally hit a police chief

  

  This week, the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, participated in a sporting event involving people deprived of liberty, more specifically a rugby match between prisoners from Argentina and Uruguay.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 08:15 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy averts attempt to smuggle large meteorite from Argentina

  

  Uruguayan authorities at the port of Paysandú have seized a meteorite worth around US$ 1 million when it was being smuggled into the country from Argentina, it was reported earlier this week.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 20:51 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition demands explanations regarding Turkish FM incident

  

  Uruguay's opposition Broad Front (Frente Amplio) has threatened not to grant their consent to the country's designated ambassador to Turkey following the incident with that country's Foreign Minister, who during the weekend when Armenian demonstrators in Montevideo were met with a gesture belonging to the far-right Grey Wolves group.

• Tuesday, April 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Turkish FM racist and ultra-right-wing gestures in Montevideo sparks controversies

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou described a gesture by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu against Armenian demonstrators in Montevideo Uruguay as “regrettable,” while Ankara's Ambassador has been summoned to account for the events.

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Uruguay's Ambassador to Guatemala, Honduras and Belize dies

  

  Uruguay's Ambassador to Guatemala Boris Svetogorsky passed away Friday in the Central American country at the age of 60, it was reported. The cause of death was not disclosed. He was also the concurrent Ambassador for Honduras and Belize.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 21:34 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President finds social media dazing

  

  Former Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Herrera expressed his point of view regarding social media: “In 140 characters there is no time for reflection,” the father of Uruguay's current head of state pointed out in Buenos Aires as he was being inducted into Argentina's National Academy of Business Sciences (ANCEM) as a Corresponding Member.

• Thursday, April 21st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Parlasur to decide in May when to vote on Pepín's fate

  

  Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur) Wednesday announced a decision will be made on May 9 on when to vote for the dismissal of Argentine legislator Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón.

• Wednesday, April 20th 2022 - 12:35 UTC

  Uruguay and Ecuador discuss possible bilateral trade agreement

  

  The Presidents of Ecuador and Uruguay, Guillermo Lasso and Luis Lacalle Pou, Tuesday discussed a possible bilateral agreement within the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi).