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Montevideo, April 21st 2025 - 16:48 UTC

Uruguay

  • Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

    Uruguayan President holds meeting with the Mayor of Buenos Aires

    Argentina's opposition needs the broadest coalition possible ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, Lacalle told Larreta

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday welcomed Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta at the Suárez y Reyes residency, in Montevideo, in a meeting during which they discussed the conditions for “updating and relaunching” Mercosur, to make it a “dynamic, modern, and integrated to the world” bloc.

  • Wednesday, June 15th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

    Uruguayan Defense Minister to be summoned over 747 case

    Opposition lawmakers in Uruguay claim the only data they have on the case is that published through the news services

    Uruguayan lawmakers of the opposition Frente Amplio (FA - Broad Front) Tuesday announced they would summon Defense Minister Javier García before Congress' Defense Committee to explain why he had banned from national airspace the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 now held in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

    Argentina had been tipped there was something strange with the Emtrasur 747

    The 747 operates straight from a Venezuelan military base, it was explained

    The Governments of Paraguay and Uruguay had alerted Argentina about the Iranian crew flying the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 cargo airplane now seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport.

  • Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

    Uruguay, Brazil agree on zero-tariff for certain products

    The deal is tantamount to an FTA in some regards, according to many observers

    While the spotlight at the Summit of the Americas was focused on heads of state not shaking hands and some countries being excluded, the Foreign Ministers of Uruguay and Brazil agreed on a zero tariff in free trade zones and special customs areas for an unlimited period of time.

  • Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 11:58 UTC

    Lacalle calls for a more connected and open world

    The Uruguayan President said he feared these summits and meetings remained a dead letter

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou made a virtual appearance at the IX Summit of the Americas after canceling his trip following a positive COVID-19 test, during which he spoke about democracy and his commitment to preserving the environment, while stressing his support for a more open and connected world.

  • Friday, June 10th 2022 - 08:54 UTC

    Face masks make compulsory return to some Uruguayan settings

    Even people with no symptoms have been advised to cover their faces on public transport units

    Effective Thursday, Uruguay's health authorities have reinstated the mandatory wear of face coverings in certain indoor settings, in light of an increasing number of cases of COVID-19, it was reported in Montevideo.

  • Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 23:53 UTC

    Uruguay's President Lacalle hits all-time high disapproval

    Despite the natural erosion all governments go through, Lacalle is still held in high regard but his coalition needs to find a successor

    Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has reached an all-time high disapproval rating since taking office in March of 2020, according to a study from the consulting firm Cifra released Wednesday.

  • Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

    Uruguayan Air Force to help trace possible mass graves

    Opposition Deputies Rodríguez and Melgar held a meeting with García, after which the military branch pledged to commit some of its strategic equipment for possible clandestine burials

    Uruguay's Air Force (FAU) will assist the Human Rights Institute in tracing possible burials of people forcibly disappeared during the military dictatorship using state-of-the-art laser technology, Defense Minister Javier García announced Wednesday.

  • Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

    Two more bodies retrieved from doomed Bariloche hotel

    Three other people are still hospitalized, including the widow of one of the deceased

    Rescuers have found the bodies of the two Uruguayan tourists who had gone missing after a mudslide fell on a top-class hotel in Bariloche in the Argentine province of Río Negro, it was announced Wednesday, bringing the death toll up to 3 victims.

  • Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

    One dead, at least 3 injured in Bariloche hotel mudslide

    There are also two Uruguayan tourists missing.

    An avalanche of mud has left at least one person dead and three others injured Monday at the Villa Huinid Hotel on Bustillo Avenue, approximately three kilometers from downtown Bariloche, the famous Argentine mountain resort in the province of Río Negro.