Uruguay
Wed, 27 Aug 2025 10:27:00 GMTUruguay: Falkor resumes mission after repairs
The Uruguay Sub200 expedition has resumed its study of the Uruguayan continental seabed after a technical fault forced its research vessel, the Falkor, to return to the port of Montevideo. By late Tuesday, the Falkor was due in...
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:21:00 GMTResearch vessel Falkor (too) halts Uruguay expedition after technical failure
The Falkor (too), research vessel of the Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI), returned to Montevideo on Monday after suffering a malfunction in the early days of its “Visualizing the Deep off Uruguay” (Uruguay SUB200) expedition.
Sat, 23 Aug 2025 09:37:00 GMTUruguay marks centenary of Legislative Palace with new LED lighting
Montevideo inaugurated on Friday a modern lighting system for the Legislative Palace as part of the celebrations marking the building’s 100th anniversary. More than 250 LED lights have been installed on the exterior, featurin...
Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:14:00 GMTUruguayan fishing boats set sail after long union conflict
After an 80-day conflict between labor groupings and Uruguayan businesspeople, some fishing boats set sail on Thursday, with one captain stating that his crew consisted of "trusted personnel" who were not part of the union's on...
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 20:02:00 GMTNew Covid-19 variants detected in Uruguay
Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health (MSP) has confirmed the circulation in the country of the new Covid-19 "Frankenstein" (XFG) and "Nimbus" (NB.1.8.1) variants. The discovery was made through the country's genomic surveillance...
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 10:25:00 GMTScientists on a joint expedition to “visualize the deep off the Uruguayan coast”
This Next Friday August 22nd, R/V Falkor (too) from the California based Schmidt Ocean Institute, departs with a team of scientists from Uruguay’s main University for a month long expedition to “visualize the deep off the U...
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 06:45:00 GMTLiberal Uruguay and the right to die (legal assisted dying), The Economist
Pablo Canepa was a normal, healthy 35-year-old Uruguayan. Handsome and extroverted, he was a talented graphic designer who loved to host barbecues with his girlfriend and was fanatical about Nacional, a local football team. Tak...
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 10:33:00 GMTUruguay assumes the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency
Foreign Ministers Mario Lubetkin of Uruguay and María Gabriela Sommerfeld of Ecuador participated Tuesday at Montevideo's Torre Ejecutiva in the handover ceremony of the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency.
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:48:00 GMTUruguay and Ecuador sign cooperation agreements
Presidents of Ecuador and Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay on Tuesday signed two bilateral agreements in Montevideo, increasing cooperation and intelligence sharing. The understanding involves the two countries' Ministries of Interior ...
Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:18:00 GMTUruguay announces economic measures to boost growth
Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has announced a new set of measures to "prioritize" and "streamline" investment to boost growth by making things easier for both national and foreign investors. "There is a politi...