Uruguay
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:55:00 GMTLabour strife in port of Montevideo; increasing export volumes shipped from Rio Grande in Brazil
Recurrent labour strife in the port of Montevideo is not only frustrating but is also seriously limiting activities, and only this week did the Union of Uruguayan exporters make public a release regretting the fact that several...
Sat, 04 Dec 2021 09:21:00 GMTUruguay is ending what is a promising year despite the pandemic and some long standing challenges
Despite the pandemic, with its limitations and successes, Uruguay is ending what looks, according to the latest reports on jobs, exports, bond issuing and even inflation, like a positive year.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:17:00 GMTUruguayan President to spend Christmas in Congo
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has announced Thursday he would be spending Christmas in Congo, on an official visit to members of his country's Armed Forces stationed there on a United Nations peacekeeping mission.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 09:08:00 GMTFormer GACH members urge Uruguayans to take third doses of vaccine
Former members of Uruguay's Honorary Scientific Advisory Group (GACH) have recommended a third dose of vaccine against COVID-19 in addition to inoculating children aged 5 to 11.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:58:00 GMTUruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday said his Government had no specific strategy against the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, other than “being alert.”
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:23:00 GMTGraf Spee's anchor ferried to future Battle of River Plate memorial site
The 7-ton anchor which once belonged to the Reichsmarine's Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee sank off the coast of Montevideo in December 1939, marking the end to the Battle of the River Plate against British Commonwealth forces a...
Sat, 27 Nov 2021 09:12:00 GMTCanadian rating agency praises Uruguay's fiscal consolidation and raises BBB- trend from stable to positive
Canadian credit rating agency, DBRS Morningstar confirmed Uruguay's Long-Term Foreign and Local-Currency – Issuer Ratings at BBB-, and at the same time, elevated its prospect from stable to positive.
Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:37:00 GMTLacalle ratifies Uruguay's stance regarding Mercosur opening up to the world
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has insisted Mercosur needed modernizing and it is along those lines that his country was seeking one-on-one free-trade deals with the United States and China
Sat, 13 Nov 2021 09:59:00 GMTMercosur agrees on a negotiating group to deal with climate change
Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay Friday have announced in Glasgow that they had agreed on the need to create a negotiating group to tackle climate change.
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:50:00 GMTUK/Uruguay agree to establish a Trade Dialogue to develop economic relations
During a three-day official visit to Uruguay UK's Minister for International Trade, Ranil Jayawardena, M.P., met with Uruguay’s Foreign Minister, Ambassador Francisco Bustillo, and confirmed both countries’ desire to contin...