Uruguay

• Thursday, August 4th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  No Uruguayan troops involved in DRC killings

  

  Defense Minister Javier García Wednesday brought peace of mind to the relatives of Uruguayan troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO).

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay: Lacalle admits to changing his mind over retirement age

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday admitted he had defaulted on one of his campaign promises of not raising the retirement age, because “it was impossible” not to modify it.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Consensus among Mercosur countries to tackle monkeypox

  

  Uruguayan Health Minister Daniel Salinas Monday announced health authorities within Mercosur were drafting a joint plan to fight the monkeypox outbreak.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Uruguay, Brazil agree to boost tourism at the border

  

  Tourism authorities from Brazil and Uruguay agreed over the weekend on a series of measures to boost the industry between the two countries during the Brazil-Uruguay Integration Forum held July 30 at the Rivera City Hall.

• Saturday, July 30th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Uruguay has first case of monkeypox confirmed

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Friday announced the first case of monkeypox had been confirmed in the country. According to the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), the infection was proved through PCR testing.

• Friday, July 29th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Slight increase in unemployment, Uruguayan statistics bureau reports

  

  Unemployment in Uruguay has grown from 8.1% in May to 8.4% in June, according to a National Statistics Institute (INE) report on Activity, Employment and Unemployment released Thursday.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 20:36 UTC

  Uruguay back to vaccinating children against COVID-19

  

  Uruguay Thursday resumed vaccinating children aged 5 to 13 against COVID-19 after an Appellate Court reversed earlier this week Judge Alejandro Recarey's ruling halting the therapeutic procedure.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Unusual dead fauna appearance reported on Uruguayan shores: 80 penguins and a whale

  

  Over 80 penguins, many of them trapped in a fishing net, and a dead whale were reported Wednesday to have appeared on the Atlantic Ocean shores of the Uruguayan department of Maldonado by the NGO SOS Rescate Fauna Marina (RFM).

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Court rules Uruguay may resume vaccination of children against COVID-19

  

  A Montevideo Court of Appeals Tuesday reversed a previous decision by a lower court halting vaccination of children aged between 5 and 13 years against COVID-19, Health Minister Daniel Salinas announced. The administration of these drugs will be resumed Thursday without prior appointments needed.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Lacalle Pou and Zelensky hold a telephone conversation: here's what they talked about

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the telephone and conveyed to him the South American country's stance condemning Russia's invasion.