Uruguay
Tue, 29 Sep 2026 07:17:00 GMTFive shipping lines warn Uruguay the port dispute is damaging its international standing
Five of the main shipping lines operating at the port of Montevideo have warned the Uruguayan government that the labour dispute at the Terminal Cuenca del Plata is causing "severe economic and commercial harm" and has "severel...
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:41:00 GMT“The UN has more reason to exist every day”, Uruguay's president said two days after Milei
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi defended the United Nations' relevance and condemned the economic embargo on Cuba before the General Assembly on Thursday, in an address of just under twenty minutes that contrasted with that o...
Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:20:00 GMTA port dispute in Montevideo blocks a second ferry operator on the Buenos Aires route
Uruguayan ferry company Colonia Express obtained authorisation from the Ministry of Transport and Public Works at the end of July to operate the passenger and vehicle route between Montevideo and Buenos Aires, but cannot begin ...
Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:31:00 GMTLacalle Pou demands elections in Venezuela and reopens Uruguay's foreign policy debate
Former Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou has called for a democratic transition in Venezuela and questioned the terms of the oil agreement reached between the United States and Delcy Rodríguez's government, in an interventi...
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:32:00 GMTUruguay and Argentina seek to stop the green hydrogen plant repeating the pulp mill conflict
The governments of Uruguay and Argentina are trying to contain tensions surrounding the green hydrogen and synthetic fuels plant that HIF Global plans to build in the Uruguayan department of Paysandú, on the Uruguay river, aft...
Tue, 01 Sep 2026 09:49:00 GMTUruguay's central bank marks five years without intervening in the currency market
The Central Bank of Uruguay completed five years on Monday without intervening in the foreign exchange market. Its last operation was a purchase of 31.2 million dollars in 2021. Its president, Guillermo Tolosa, described the mi...
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:35:00 GMTThe US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US ma...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:43:00 GMTDrums in his neighbourhood and a wake in parliament: Uruguay bids farewell to Ruben Rada
Uruguay bade farewell on Thursday to musician Ruben Rada with a wake open to the public at the Legislative Palace, the seat of parliament, after hundreds of people had gathered the previous night with drums in the neighbourhood...
Wed, 26 Aug 2026 22:26:00 GMTRuben Rada, who took Uruguayan candombe to international audiences, dies at 83
Uruguayan singer, composer and percussionist Ruben Rada died on Wednesday at the age of 83 in Montevideo. His family announced the death on the artist's social media accounts, specifying that it occurred at 3.30pm, "after fight...
Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:39:00 GMTArgentine trips abroad fall 21.2% as Brazil and Uruguay lead arrivals
The number of Argentine residents leaving the country in July fell 21.2% year on year, to 1.22 million people, according to the international tourism statistics report released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics...