Uruguay

• Tuesday, July 18th 2023 - 09:16 UTC

  Uruguay to purchase brand new OPVs from Spanish shipyard

  

  Uruguayan authorities Monday announced they had placed an order for the purchase of two brand-new Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPV) from the Spanish shipyard Cardama for € 82 million, it was reported in Montevideo.

• Monday, July 17th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  UN Coordinator in Uruguay praises local gov't for efforts handling water crisis

  

  Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, United Nations (UN) Coordinator in Uruguay, Sunday highlighted the “efforts” of the South American country's government in the face of the water crisis.

• Saturday, July 15th 2023 - 10:26 UTC

  Mujica tells Brazilian students to look after their democracy

  

  Former Uruguayan President José Mujica called on Brazilians to take care of their democracy during the 59th National Congress of the Students Union in Brasilia which he attended alongside incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

  Uruguayan Gov't speaks of “inaccuracies” in UN report about water

  

  Uruguay's Foreign Ministry Thursday issued a communiqué in response to a UN report on the water crisis the South American country is going through. The government “acted in a preventive manner, the water is still drinkable and guaranteed to the most vulnerable sectors [is] the purchase of double the daily average of water consumed per person in our country,” the statement read.

• Thursday, July 13th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister says Argentine President's words were harmful

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera Wednesday said that Argentine President Alberto Fernández's remarks that no water came out when people opened the faucets in Montevideo had resulted in numerous cancellations.

• Wednesday, July 12th 2023 - 14:12 UTC

  Significant earthquake rocks southern Uruguay, experts confirm magnitude over 5.0

  

  The department (province) of Canelones, in southern Uruguay, experienced a significant earthquake measuring over 5.0 on the local magnitude scale, according to experts.

• Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentina offers to help Uruguay through the water crisis

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández offered his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou a mobile water treatment plant, supplies, and personnel to assist in the drinking water crisis affecting Montevideo and the Metropolitan area.

• Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:59 UTC

  Uruguay taking action to face water crisis: drinking water reserve is empty for Montevideo

  

  Uruguay's Congress Wednesday unanimously approved the Water Emergency Fund to finance access to bottled water among other measures amid an unprecedented shortage of drinking water due to the drought the country is going through.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Mercosur challenges EU's environmental demands in FTA; Uruguay goes rogue again

  

  Argentina Tuesday handed over the Pro Tempore Presidency of Mercosur to Brazil and Uruguay refused to sign the joint declaration after the bloc's 62nd Summit in the Argentine city of Puerto Iguazú in the northeastern province of Misiones.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay, Uruguay urge Mercosur to speak up about situation in Venezuela

  

  Presidents Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay and Mario Abdo Benítez of Paraguay Tuesday spoke against the disenfranchisement in Venezurela of opposition leader María Corina Machado in a move that seems to leave Nicolás Maduro's reelection bid unchallenged.