Uruguay
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 03:03:00 GMTBolsonaro hints solution to Ukraine war resembles that of 1982 in the South Atlantic
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said he had “the solution” to the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine and vowed to discuss it with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 09:52:00 GMTUruguay announces beginning of talks with China to reach FTA
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Wednesday announced negotiations with China to reach a bilateral free trade agreement are to begin, after technical teams from the two countries found it feasible, it was reported in Montevi...
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 22:50:00 GMTUruguay's DINARA requests additional data in Chinese jigger incident
Uruguay's National Directorate of Aquatic Resources (DINARA) Chief Jaime Coronel has told reporters all the evidence submitted by Uruguayan Navy authorities was being analyzed in the case of a Chinese fishing trawler caught whi...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:45:00 GMTLacalle Pou gave an Uruguayan mare to the Emir of Qatar as a gift and left on Monday: Why is it important?
This Monday, a Criollo horse that the Uruguayan President, Luis Lacalle Pou, promised to send as a gift to the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, left Uruguay for Qatar. Last February, the South American president offered...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:31:00 GMTUruguayan Higher Court upholds rejecting Pepín's asylum request
A Montevideo Court of Appeals has denied Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón's asylum request, it was announced Monday.
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:24:00 GMTUruguay records coldest, driest June in decades
Uruguay's Institute of Meteorology (Inumet) reported Monday that this year's was the coldest June in the last 41 years "with a countrywide anomaly of -2.3°C."
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:38:00 GMTPAHO supports Uruguayan Health Ministry in vax judicial ruling
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has sent a letter of support to Uruguay's Health Minister Daniel Salinas after a judge ordered all vaccination of children under 13 years of age against COVID-19 be halted in the coun...
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 10:10:00 GMTUruguayan gov't to appeal ruling banning C-19 vax for U-13 people
Uruguayan Health Ministry (MSP) legal advisors are to submit Monday an appeal to Judge Alejandro Recarey's decision to suspend vaccination against COVID-19 of people aged, it was reported in Montevideo.
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 10:03:00 GMTUruguay Central Bank raised interest rate policy 50 basis point to 9,75%
Uruguay's Central Bank of Uruguay this week ordered a 50 basis point increase in the interest rate policy, the eighth straight increase since last August. The move, which brings the monetary policy rate to 9.75%, means the cent...
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:47:00 GMTUruguayan official says judge's ruling on vax was “nonsense”
Uruguay's Presidential Secretary Álvaro Delgado Thursday admitted that “rulings are obeyed, but they can be criticized and this ruling is nonsense.” He made those remarks after Surrogate Judge Alejandro Recarey ordered vac...