Uruguay
Tue, 21 Sep 2021 08:30:00 GMTUruguay expands meat sales business to Japan, South Korea
Uruguayan meat sales to Japan have been growing at an increasingly faster pace, according to press reports. In 2019, trade was worth US $ 20 million; in 2020, US $ 24 million and so far in 2021, revenues in dollars have grown 7...
Sat, 18 Sep 2021 09:06:00 GMTUnemployment on the rise in Uruguay, INE study shows
Unemployment continues to be on an upward trend in Uruguay, according to data released Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 09:57:00 GMTBritish Ambassador at Montevideo's Expo Prado: Falklands stand in the show is aligned with UK theme, climate change
For the eighth year, the United Kingdom participated in Montevideo's Expo Prado Show, annual international livestock and agricultural industry exhibition where the largest productive sector of the Uruguayan economy shows its mu...
Fri, 17 Sep 2021 07:16:00 GMTArgimón becomes Uruguay's interim president until Sept. 24
Due to President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Mexico and the United States on his first mission abroad lasting more than 48 hours, Vice President Beatriz Argimón has become the country's interim head of state.
Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:25:00 GMTIDB President sees a plethora of opportunities ahead in Uruguay
“Uruguay could be a Silicon Valley of the south”, said Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone Wednesday after meeting in Montevideo with President Luis Lacalle Pou.
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:47:00 GMTUruguay on 24-hour strike for lost wages and in favor of repealing Government’s Law
Uruguay is going through a 24-hour strike called by the labour union Pit-Cnt to demand better wages and working conditions, to defend national development and state-run companies and, most importantly, to say “yes” to the r...
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:23:00 GMTUruguay's Congress hit by coronavirus infections
A few Uruguayan lawmakers tested positive for SARS-Cov-2 forcing 48 people from the national Congress to go into isolation, it was reported Monday.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:01:00 GMTUruguayan government warns border municipalities that reopening of border crossings with Argentina will take two months
Uruguayan federal authorities Monday conveyed to mayors of Salto (Andrés Lima), Paysandú (Nicolás Olivera) and Río Negro (Omar Lafluf) that the reopening of land crossings with Argentina will take at least two more months.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:16:00 GMTAzul returning to Uruguay in November from Porto Alegre
Brazilian carrier Azul will resume flights to Uruguay as of November 10 with the reopening of the Porto Alegre-Montevideo route four times a week.
Sat, 11 Sep 2021 09:42:00 GMTUruguay's FM says other unilateral trade deals may be announced shortly
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo Friday said that in addition to China there were several other countries interested in reaching one-on-one trade deals with his country.