Uruguay
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:47:00 GMTUruguayan unions call for general strike next month
Uruguay's labor unions gathered under the PIT-CNT Thursday, announced a general strike with a march towards the Executive Tower and the Legislative Palace between 9 am and 1 pm.
Fri, 03 Jun 2022 09:27:00 GMTDifferent candidates for PAHO chair
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Thursday announced candidates from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Haiti, and Uruguay were vying to succeed Dominica's Carissa Etienne of Dominica as agency head.
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMTUruguayan authorities suspect 4 cases of monkeypox
Uruguay's Health Ministry (MSP) Thursday announced it was monitoring four cases suspected of being monkeypox. All of them are of people with a travel history to countries where the malady has already been detected.
Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:55:00 GMTBalcedo now suing Uruguay for damages
Former Argentine labor unionist leader Marcelo Balcedo has decided to sue Uruguay for damages allegedly worth US$ 22 million after two private airplanes were impounded in 2018 when he was arrested in his ranch near Punta del Es...
Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:55:00 GMTNew increase in price of fuel announced in Uruguay
The Uruguayan Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou finally announced an increase in the price of fuel at pumps, with which 'Super' gasoline will have risen 15% and 50S diesel 30% so far in 2022. The new increase in the pric...
Mon, 30 May 2022 09:09:00 GMTUruguayan pumps ask gov't not to rise price of fuel until next month
Gasoline retailers in Uruguay have asked the Government of President Luis Lacalle Pou to put on hold “for a few more days” the increase in the price of fuel reportedly to be announced shortly.
Sat, 28 May 2022 10:15:00 GMTFTA with China would not make Uruguay dependent, Lacalle tells BBC
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said in an interview with the BBC that in case or reaching a Free Trade Agreement with China, it would not generate dependence, because in his country politics and economics were separate is...
Fri, 27 May 2022 09:30:00 GMTLacalle Pou said Uruguay not going back to sanitary restrictions
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Thursday said going back to sanitary restrictions over an increase in cases of COVID-19 was not on the table.
Thu, 26 May 2022 10:08:00 GMTGSK to open distribution hub in Montevideo
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will open one of its "three new regional vaccine distribution centers" in Uruguay, it was announced during President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to London.
Wed, 25 May 2022 09:55:00 GMTUK/Uruguay joint statement reaffirms strong relationship and commitments
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Rt. Hon. Boris Johnson MP, and the President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Dr Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, met on 23 May.