Uruguay

• Saturday, April 16th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Uruguayan tourism full steam ahead during Easter Week

  

  Some 114,000 have crossed from Uruguay over to Argentina for Tourism Week, a lay holiday version of Easter Week between April 11 and 17. According to local media, 95,000 of them were Uruguayan nationals, followed by 11,000 Argentines and 2,000 Brazilian citizens.

• Thursday, April 14th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Blinken highlights Uruguay's role in international forums

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Uruguay had “a strong voice” at the United Nations (UN) and the Organization of American States (OAS), “a voice that we really value.”

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  FAU brass explore options for the purchase of training aircraft

  

  A delegation of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) has been reported to have visited AERO Vodochody's facilities in the Czech Republic to delve into the specifics of the L-39NG advanced trainer, according to the aircraft manufacturer's social media.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Fitch Ratings believes the Lacalle Pou coalition has sufficient political capital to face challenges and much needed reforms

  

  The ruling coalition of Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou expects to use its political capital following victory in the 27 March referendum which rejected overturning a third of his government's program, enacting reforms in the second half of his five year period, according to the latest Fitch Rating report on Uruguay.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 10:50 UTC

  763 Uruguayans volunteered to fight for Argentina during Falklands conflict, reveals Senate bill

  

  Senators from the Uruguayan opposition coalition Frente Amplio are sponsoring a declaration in support of Argentina and its Falkland Islands' claim, recalling at the same time that 763 Uruguayans, from a very miscellaneous background, had volunteered to join the Argentine Army during the South Atlantic conflict to combat Britain.

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Uruguayans wait for hours to drive through to Argentina for Tourism Week

  

  Scores of Uruguayan travelers flocked the land crossings into Argentina as they waited to reach their destination for the entire week, probably to capitalize on a favorable currency exchange rate.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Uruguay takes action as climate change threatens waters will advance on coastline

  

  Uruguay's Environment Ministry has launched the National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Coastal Zone (PAN Costas) to increase resilience to a rise in the level of the sea, resulting from climate change.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Uruguay's ANCAP makes US$ 88 million profit in 2021

  

  After several adjustments in the price of fuel, Uruguay's state-run oil company ANCAP reaped profits worth US$ 88 million, authorities from the petrol supplier reported Tuesday in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Although not mandatory, Montevideo wants to keep sanitary measures

  

  Even after Uruguay's national Government has decreed the end of the sanitary restrictions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Hall of Montevideo Tuesday urged the population to keep wearing facemasks “in buses, cabs, and other means of passenger transport.”

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazil beef production forecasted at 9,85 million tons and 2,6 million tons exports

  

  Brazil is forecasted to have a beef production of 9.85 million tons (in carcass-weight equivalent) in 2022, according to the estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Such a volume should exceed the 9.5 million tons recorded in 2021.