Uruguay

• Monday, November 28th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Uruguay to launch new COVID-19 vax campaign only for some people

  

  Uruguayan health authorities have launched a recommendation during the weekend that immunocompromised patients and anyone over the age of 50 should take their fifth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 10:41 UTC

  Women take to the streets in a new November 25 against sexual and gender-based violence

  

  Dozens of cities in Latin America and around the world were the scene where thousands of women marched on a new International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, better known as 25N.

• Saturday, November 26th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Unions halt import of Argentine-brewed beer into Uruguay

  

  Unions have saved Uruguayan brewery workers from calamity after their actions prevailed in stopping FNC from importing domestic brands from Argentina, where production costs around half as much due to the currency exchange scenario.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 13:12 UTC

  Brazilian conglomerates dominate the Uruguayan meat industry export complex

  

  The Brazilian conglomerate Minerva Foods is moving to complete a further overseas acquisition, this time a state of the art abattoir and meat packing plant in Uruguay which once the deal is completed will mean over 50% of the country's meat industry will be under control of Brazilian conglomerates.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2022 - 08:53 UTC

  DBRS ups Uruguay's credit rating

  

  Canadian rating agency DBRS Morningstar upgraded Uruguay's foreign currency sovereign debt score from BBB Low to BBB as a result of Montevideo's “substantial improvement” in the country's fiscal outlook, it was reported Tuesday.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 20:50 UTC

  Uruguay confident in EU-sponsored sustainable energy matrix program

  

  Uruguay's Industry Minister Omar Paganini highlighted the AL-Invest Verde program for its ambitiousness regarding sustainable development which will position the South American country as a regional innovation hub.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:37 UTC

  Uruguay: ex-presidential custody chief used to offer State spying system; opposition warned of “bribes”

  

  Alejandro Astesiano, the former custodian of President Luis Lacalle Pou, offered the use of El Guardián, the telephone tapping system of the Interior Ministry, which can only be accessed with judicial authorization. The prosecutor in charge of the case, Gabriela Fosatti, investigates in depth the use that Astesiano had of this tool, it was reported.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Uruguayan Defense Minister reviews troops in Middle East

  

  Uruguay's Defense Minister Javier García reviewed the South American country's peacekeeping mission in Sinai 40 years after its deployment.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Lacalle Pou to seek Uruguay's joining TPP

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced his country would apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in a move to have access to more competitive tariffs, which has caused a stir with Mercosur and could jeopardize other negotiations with China, it was reported.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Slight unemployment drop reported in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's unemployment rate was reported Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) to have stood at 7.8% in the month of October, a slight decrease from September's 8.3%.