Uruguay
Thu, 07 Jan 2021 09:49:00 GMTUruguay extends closure of frontier until the end of January; concern with clandestine partying
Uruguay announced on Wednesday a raft of new measures to help contain the growing number of Covid 19 positive cases which if sustained could strain hospital and sanitary capacities.
Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:30:00 GMTCONMEBOL supports Cavani and criticizes England's FA for ignoring cultural characteristics
The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) joined the growing criticism of England’s FA on Tuesday with a condemnation of the three-match ban given to Uruguayan Edinson Cavani for alleged racism.
Tue, 05 Jan 2021 09:40:00 GMTUruguayan players condemn FA's sanction on Cavani which it described as “ignorant and racist”
Uruguay internationals Diego Godin and Luis Suarez have joined forces to condemn England's Football Association ban handed to Edison Cavani while also branding England's governing body “ignorant” and “racist.”
Fri, 01 Jan 2021 22:41:00 GMTSouth Atlantic area of global contention? US Coast Guard off to South America to patrol for IUU fishing
The following piece by Gidget Fuentes in USNI News offers an account of the mission of USCGC (WMSL/758) Stone, fresh from Shipyard and Quarantine, and which departed Mississippi on 22 December for Southern Atlantic Patrol:
Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:30:00 GMTUruguayan Legislative approves limitation of right to assembly until 10 January
The Uruguayan parliament passed a bill limiting the constitutional right of assembly and closing the borders, both temporarily as part of a package of measures to help contain a spiked of the coronavirus virus.
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:55:00 GMTUruguay closes borders from 21 December to 10 January to help contain its Covid-19 first wave
Uruguay announced it will regulate the constitutional right to assembly when a sanitary emergency, lockdown access to the country from 21 December to 10 January, limit the number of passengers in long range transport, and have ...
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:49:00 GMTArgentina takes over the Mercosur chair for six months next 16 December
Uruguay will hand to Argentina next 16 December the pro tempore chair of the South American trade bloc Mercosur. The ceremony as happened six months before with Paraguay will be virtual given the coronavirus pandemic, according...
Mon, 07 Dec 2020 09:05:00 GMTUruguay's twice president Tabare Vazquez dies: kilometers of vehicles followed the funeral procession
Two times former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died early morning Sunday in Montevideo at the age of 80 after suffering from lung cancer and pancreatic metastasis. By early afternoon and following on the family's wishes ...
Sun, 06 Dec 2020 16:30:00 GMTUruguayan ex-president Tabaré Vázquez has died
Former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died on Sunday morning aged 80 from lung cancer, which he had been suffering from since 2019, in the final stretch of his second presidency. His successor, President Luis Lacalle Pou,...
Sat, 05 Dec 2020 10:34:00 GMTRecord Covid-19 infections in Uruguay: 1825 active cases
Uruguay detected 284 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, reaching the record number of 1825 active cases, a few days after the barrier of a thousand cases was overcome and the government of Luis Lacalle Pou announced restrictive mobi...