Uruguay

• 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.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Slight drop in Uruguayan inflation reported through new measurement

  

  Uruguay's inflation for the month of November of 2022 showed a -0.28% variation according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE) report released Monday. With these data, the accumulated CPI increase for the year reached 8.57% and 8.46% interannually (in the last 12 months).

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  Argentina to take over Mercosur's pro-tempore presidency amid Uruguay's solo deals

  

  Argentina is to take over Tuesday the pro-tempore presidency of Mercosur from Uruguay in Montevideo, where the hosts' unilateral search for other markets behind the regional bloc's back has stirred controversies.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Mercosur Summit to kick off in Montevideo with CPTPP issue topping the agenda

  

  The 61st Summit of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) is starting Monday in Montevideo. During the two-day event, Uruguay is to hand over the six-month pro tempore presidency of the group to Argentina.