Mercosur
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:43:00 GMTUruguayan President announces the end of the sanitary emergency
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Monday announced he would be lifting all sanitary restrictions in place in his country following a meeting with Health Minister and other aides.
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 09:21:00 GMTBrazil still committed to joining OECD, Minister Guedes tells the group
Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Monday reaffirmed in Paris his country's commitments to the guidelines of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:29:00 GMTUruguayans 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...
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMTParaguay changes into GMT-4 Daylight Saving Time
Paraguay has moved into “winter time” Sunday on the advice of the National Electricity Administration, which seeks to curb consumption. It has thus become the only Mercosur country living under a GMT (or UTC) -4 time zone, ...
Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:51:00 GMTPolls 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 GMTMercosur 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 GMTPunta 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 GMTPetropar 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 GMTUruguay 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 GMTVaccinated 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.