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Mon, 28 Mar 2022 02:29:00 GMT
Uruguayans decide to maintain key law for Lacalle’s government with tight referendum result
After the voting on this Sunday, in which Uruguayans went to the polls in a referendum to decide whether to keep or repeal the flagship legislative package of President Luis Lacalle Pou's government, the preliminary results end...

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:51:00 GMT
Polls are closed in Uruguay: Vote count begins in referendum questioning the government
The Uruguayan Electoral Court started counting the votes cast for the referendum against the Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), the main project of the Government of Luis Lacalle Pou, after the closing of the more than seven th...

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:01:00 GMT
Mercosur health ministers agree sanitary measures need to be unified
Health Ministers from all four Mercosur full member countries in addition to Chile's Thursday agreed during a meeting in Montevideo to work on unified sanitary requirements regarding COVID-19 for international travel.

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:04:00 GMT
Punta del Este needs more schools to accommodate new residents
The exclusive Uruguayan beach resort of Punta del Este is experiencing an increase in the development and establishment of schools, as migrating inflows of Argentines and also of people from other parts of the country to becom...

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 09:43:00 GMT
Petropar lowers price of fuel at pumps effective March 21
The price of fuel at pumps in Paraguay will be reduced as of Monday, the state-run company Petropar has announced.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:07:00 GMT
Uruguay seeks to exonerate VAT on popular meat cut, announced Lacalle Pou
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday that the Executive Branch will send to the Legislative a bill to exonerate VAT on asado de tira, a popular meat cut, as the Ukraine war takes its toll on the cost of food worl...

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Vaccinated travelers to be spared further testing to enter Uruguay
Uruguay's Minister of Tourism Tabaré Viera has requested his Public Health colleague Daniel Salinas to review the possibility that incoming travelers fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are spared the swab test at the earliest.

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:55:00 GMT
Paraguayan truckers to lift protests if stabilization fund bill is approved
A group of union leaders representing Paraguyay's lorry drivers Thursday announced they would lift the road blockades if the Senate passes the bill to create a fuel price stabilization fund.

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:50:00 GMT
Mercosur and associate members want fertilizers off Russia's sanctions list
Mercosur country members plus associate Chile and Bolivia (in the process of joining the block) want fertilizers excluded from the list of sanctions on Russia, according to Brazilian Agriculture minister Tereza Cristina da Cost...

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:21:00 GMT
Mercociudades launches ambitious agenda in Montevideo
An international meeting in Montevideo of municipal authorities from cities all over Latin America has come up last week with a large list of conclusions and recommendations for the times to come and an agenda with more than fi...



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