Uruguay

• Friday, December 16th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

  Uruguay's economy unchanged since second quarter of 2022

  

  Uruguay's Central Bank (BCU) Thursday issued a report showing the country's economy for the third trimester of 2022 “remained at similar levels to those of the second quarter of the year.”

• Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:13 UTC

  Salinas said Uruguay has enough supply of the Pfizer vaccine

  

  Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Wednesday announced that additional vaccination centers would be opened for the administration of booster doses of the COVID-19 immunizer.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:59 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition wants heads to roll over controversial passport issuance to a drug lord

  

  Uruguayan opposition leader Fernando Pereira, president of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA), Tuesday called for the resignation of Ministers Francisco Bustillo (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Alberto Heber (Interior) after high-ranking officials under both of them were allegedly involved in the controversial issuance of a passport to a notorious drug lord.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 20:25 UTC

  Uruguayan exports fall in November but 2022 figures still good

  

  Uruguayan exports have fallen 13% yoy in November of 2022 after recording a growth of 20.3% for the first eleven months of the year when compared to the same period of the previous year, it was reported Tuesday in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Uruguayan exporters worried about falling US dollar

  

  The Uruguayan Exporters Union (UEU) Monday expressed its concern about the current parity between the local currency and the US dollar which was in its view affecting foreign trade.

• Monday, December 12th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  Everything ready for summer season in Uruguayan department of Maldonado

  

  Enrique Antía, mayor of the Uruguayan department of Maldonado where the country's most important beach resorts are located, said during the weekend that everything was ready for the upcoming summer season.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Uruguayan paramilitary murderers sentenced to over 20 years in jail

  

  Two members of Uruguay's infamous Death Squad have been handed down heavy prison sentences for their involvement in two murder cases, it was announced Friday in Montevideo.

• Friday, December 9th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Ships sink in Montevideo Port dock collapse

  

  A floating dock of the Tsakos shipping company in the port of Montevideo, where five ships were under repair, collapsed and two cranes fell into the water Thursday, leading to the partial sinking of three vessels, it was reported.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 18:20 UTC

  Uruguay publishes unilateral statement regarding Mercosur Summit

  

  Uruguay Wednesday issued a closing statement Wednesday ratifying President Luis Lacalle Pou's intentions to keep seeking trade opportunities outside Mercosur. The document came after the South American bloc's LXI Summit held earlier this week in Montevideo, which, unlike previous gatherings, produced no joint declaration.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Mercosur Summit: Fernández tells Lacalle going solo is not the solution

  

  “When in a society the rules are broken, someone is breaking them,” Argentine President Alberto Fernández told his Uruguayan colleague Luis Lacalle Pou during the Mercosur Summit in Montevideo Wednesday.