Uruguay
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 10:17:00 GMTUruguay assessing accepting Gaza refugees
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin confirmed on Tuesday that his country was "seriously" and "very carefully" analyzing the possibility of accepting Palestinian refugees from Gaza. He emphasized that many people were "de...
Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:51:00 GMTUruguay secures CAF loan for dam construction
Uruguay's state-owned water company, OSE, has secured a US$130 million loan from the CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean to finance the construction of the Casupá dam, a strategic project to guarantee the s...
Mon, 08 Sep 2025 18:46:00 GMTTrump welcomes new ambassadors from Uruguay and Paraguay
US President Donald Trump welcomed new ambassadors to Washington DC from ten countries, including those from Uruguay and Paraguay.
Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:51:00 GMTUruguay paid US$64 million after Luxembourg account seizure not disclosed by previous government
The Uruguayan state had its bank accounts in Luxembourg frozen for several months due to non-payment of an arbitration award over the closure of national airline Pluna. The situation, which affected 37 financial institutions, w...
Fri, 05 Sep 2025 09:55:00 GMTWorld Cup South American playoffs: 4 teams score 3-0 wins
Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Colombia all scored 3-0 wins on Thursday in the penultimate round of the South American Football Confederation's (Conmebol) 2026 World Cup qualifying round.
Thu, 04 Sep 2025 10:16:00 GMTUruguay's inflation within target range
Uruguay's inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), registered a monthly variation of -0.03% in August, the National Institute of Statistics (INE) announced on Wednesday in Montevideo.
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:07:00 GMTUruguayan exports grow 3.5% interannually
A report released by the Uruguay XXI Institute this week in Montevideo showed that the South American country's exports in August 2025 totaled US$1.327 billion, a 3.5% yoy increase. Sales abroad in the first eight months of the...
Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:00:00 GMTUruguay: PepsiCo opens new storage plant in Colonia complex
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi participated on Tuesday in the inauguration of a new PepsiCo beverage concentrate storage plant in the Colonia free-trade zone after an investment of over US$100 million. The facility, which ha...
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:10:00 GMTUruguay signs Council of Europe’s Global AI Treaty
Uruguay signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the first-ever international legally binding treaty aimed at ensuring that the use of AI ...
Tue, 02 Sep 2025 10:22:00 GMTVerizon departs Uruguay, leaving 265 unemployed
Telecommunications multinational Verizon's decision to shift its Uruguayan operations to Chile has resulted in the layoff of 265 workers hired by Alorica, a third-party provider handling customer services for the US giant from ...