Uruguay
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 01:21:00 GMTIllegal fishing: there are more than 350 foreign vessels operating in the South West Atlantic, expert says
Last Tuesday, 11 tons of squid were found in a Chinese flagged vessel that was captured by the Uruguayan Navy, after a chase that took place between Sunday night and early Monday morning.
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:27:00 GMTDemonstration against Pfizer vaccines staged in Montevideo amidst court hearing
A group of Uruguayan anti-vaccine protesters gathered Wednesday at the courthouse doorstep in support of Surrogate Judge Alejandro Recarey's decision earlier this week to request information from the Health Ministry (MSP) and t...
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 23:30:00 GMT11 tons of squid found on Chinese vessel fishing illegally in Uruguayan waters
Prefectura, a branch of the Uruguayan Navy, and the Uruguayan Prosecutor's Office are investigating a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel captured last Monday by the National Navy in Uruguay’s waters after a persecution that began...
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:06:00 GMTUruguayan Navy arrests Chinese jigger which tried to flee arrest
The Uruguayan navy arrested Monday dawn a Chinese flagged jigger caught illegally fishing in the country's EEZ. The arrest was done following a night chase as the jigger tried to escape despite having first accepted a party of...
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 09:55:00 GMTUruguayan judge demands explanations regarding Pfizer's COVID-19 vax
An Uruguayan court has ruled that the national government and the laboratory Pfizer must disclose during a hearing this coming Wednesday the exact components of the COVID-19 vaccine of that brand which is widely used throughout...
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:57:00 GMTColombia, Uruguay sign extradition deal
Colombia and Uruguay Friday signed an agreement on extradition and cooperation in judicial matters during a meeting in Cartagena.
Sat, 02 Jul 2022 09:18:00 GMTXi at Hong Kong 25th anniversary of handover; Truss criticizes Beijing's breach of the former colony's freedoms
China's president, Xi Jinping, amid a massive security presence was the main figure at a tightly choreographed celebration to mark the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's handover to Beijing. From London Foreign Secretary Liz Truss...
Fri, 01 Jul 2022 22:45:00 GMTLacalle arrives in Colombia to meet Duque but not Petro
Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou landed late Thursday local time at Bogotá's Eldorado international airport, where he was welcomed by Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Echeverri.
Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:48:00 GMTUruguay, the worst in the Americas for suicides, reached a new record for self-murders in 2021
Despite the fact that Uruguay has been positioned by many indicators as one of the most advanced countries in terms of socioeconomic equality in the least egalitarian region of the world, where access to health and solid instit...
Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:43:00 GMTUruguay expanded 4,4% in 2021 and is poised to continue growing strongly, IMF report
An IMF mission recently visited Uruguay to discuss with local authorities economic developments, including recovery from the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and the country's policy priorities. The report released on return of the...