Uruguay

• Tuesday, April 8th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

  Mulino and Orsi discuss Mercosur and other issues in Panama

  

  Presidents Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay and José Raúl Mulino of Panama met Monday at the Palacio de las Garzas to discuss the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and other bilateral issues. The newly-inaugurated Broad Front leader's trip reciprocated Mulino’s prior visits to Uruguay, which facilitated Panama’s entry as an Associated State of Mercosur in December 2024. The meeting also took place as part of the celebrations marking 120 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

• Friday, April 4th 2025 - 20:55 UTC

  Orsi tells businessmen about Uruguay's strengths

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi Friday underscored his country's strengths, such as legal certainty, reliability in keeping commitments, and a tradition of resolving challenges through dialogue. He made those remarks during the Latin Annual Meeting business forum in the department (province) of Maldonado. Also attending the event were former Presidents Julio María Sanguinetti of Uruguay and Vicente Fox of Mexico, who also spoke at the event.

• Friday, April 4th 2025 - 20:34 UTC

  Sino-Uruguayan bio-nano-pharma lab launched in Montevideo

  

  Uruguay and China launched Thursday a Joint Laboratory in Montevideo for bio-nano-pharma to advance scientific innovation. The initiative is a collaboration between Uruguay's University of the Republic (Udelar) and China's Qingdao University.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2025 - 20:03 UTC

  Uruguay's Orsi hopes to work out tariffs issue with Trump's gov't

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi Thursday underscored the importance of dialogue with the United States after the tariffs announced Wednesday by Donald Trump. The Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) leader noted that countries such as Mexico and Canada were exempted from those surcharges, which meant there was room for negotiations.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:16 UTC

  Uruguay: Orsi's first tour as president will be to Panama and Honduras

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi will embark on his first international trip as head of state on April 7, 2025, visiting Panama and Honduras, Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed Monday.

• Monday, March 31st 2025 - 08:38 UTC

  Andes crash survivor Álvaro Mangino dies in Montevideo

  

  Álvaro Mangino Schmid, one of the 16 survivors of the 1972 Andes plane crash, passed away in Montevideo just one day before his 71st birthday due to respiratory issues from pneumonia.

• Saturday, March 29th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

  Slight drop in unemployment in Uruguay and Chile

  

  Uruguay's unemployment rate slightly decreased to 7.9% in February from 8.1% in January, according to a National Statistics Institute (INE) report released Friday. This represents a 0.2% drop month-over-month and a 0.4% decrease compared to February 2024, with approximately 150,900 people unemployed. The employment rate remained stable at 59.4%, while the activity rate saw a minor decline from 64.6% to 64.5%. It was President Luis Lacalle Pou's last month in office. Yamandú Orsi was sworn in on March 1.

• Friday, March 28th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Current and former Uruguayan presidents celebrate democracy

  

  José 'Pepe' Mujica underlined Thursday the importance of a country having the freedom to disagree. He made those remarks alongside former fellow Uruguayan Presidents Julio María Sanguinetti and Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, together with the incumbent Yamandú Orsi, during a Colorado Party ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the South American country's return to democratic rule. Luis Lacalle Pou, who completed his term last month, made a video appearance while relatives of the late former Presidents Jorge Batlle and Tabaré Vázquez were presented with a distinction.

• Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 17:19 UTC

  Spanish shipyard starts building OPVs for Uruguay

  

  The Spanish shipyard Cardama began this week constructing the first of two ocean patrol vessels (OPVs) for the Uruguayan Navy, marked by the cutting of the first steel plate for the vessel, temporarily named “C-250.” This milestone follows initial payments by the Uruguayan government and the delivery of Lloyd’s certificates approving the design. The keel-laying is scheduled for May 2025.

• Monday, March 24th 2025 - 20:12 UTC

  Uruguay reports first autochthonous case of dengue

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Monday confirmed the first autochthonous case of dengue this year. It was a patient in Montevideo, whose appearance triggered a full-scale deployment of epidemiology teams to track down the Aedes aegypti mosquito, the disease's vector. Montevideo City Hall teams also tested neighbors of the affected person in a move to curtail spreading.