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Tue, 04 Jan 2022 09:15:00 GMTNew Uruguayan FA leader to strengthen ties with leftwing forces abroad
Uruguayan Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA) newly-elected leader Fernando Pereira's has announced his international agenda which includes meetings with Chile's President-elect Gabriel Boric and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, whose ...
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:45:00 GMTCannabis developers eye Paraguay to further expand their business
As cannabis gradually transitions from a cultural drug to just an agricultural product like any other, Paraguay's unique conditions make it a destination of choice for those trying to develop the newly-legalized business, accor...
Fri, 31 Dec 2021 18:34:00 GMTBiden congratulates Chilean president elect and both leaders agree on an agenda of issues to discuss
United States president Joe Biden on Thursday contacted Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric to congratulate him on his electoral victory on 21 December and to talk about future collaboration and cooperation between the two co...
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 20:33:00 GMTUruguay needs to sell the Graf Spee's eagle to pay those who retrieved it
An Uruguayan Court of Appeals has ruled the Government needs to sell the bronze eagle retrieved from the wreckage of the 3rd Reich's Admiral Graf Spee off the Montevideo coast.
Thu, 30 Dec 2021 09:42:00 GMTArgentina accountable for disappearance of two Uruguayans in the 1970s
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) has determined Argentina was internationally responsible for the forced disappearances of Uruguayan nationals Mario Roger Julien Cáceres and Victoria Lucía Grisonas Andrijauska...
Wed, 29 Dec 2021 21:01:00 GMTOmicron arrived in Uruguay: Uruguayans need to get their third dose of vaccine, minister says
Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas Wednesday confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country, which also heralds an overall increase in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Tue, 28 Dec 2021 09:45:00 GMTUruguay consolidates climate change policy, minister says
Uruguay's Environment Minister Adrián Peña Monday forecast that by 2035 ANCAP's La Teja refinery will be closed and vehicles will be 100% zero emissions, as the country advances towards its carbon-neutral goals for 2050
Mon, 27 Dec 2021 09:38:00 GMTUruguayan President back from Congo Christmas celebration
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou has returned home after spending Christmas in Congo with troops from his country stationed there on a UN peacekeeping mission.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:30:00 GMTAll acquitted in Austral Fray Bentos crash probe
Argentina's Federal Oral Court number five Thursday acquitted all those under investigation for the 1997 fall of an Austral Douglas DC-9-32 in the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos.
Fri, 24 Dec 2021 09:00:00 GMTUruguayan President leaves on morale boosting Congo mission
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday transferred the powers of his office to Vice President Beatriz Argimón before departing for Congo, where he is to spend Christmas with troops stationed there as a part of a United ...