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Thu, 10 Jun 2021 21:15:00 GMT
Cruise industry interested in returning to Uruguay for the 2021/22 season
Uruguay has received over 200 requests for cruise vessels to call in Montevideo and Punta del Este for the coming 2021/22 season, (October/March), according to reports in the local media. Of the 200, 140 requests are for Montev...

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:42:00 GMT
Vaccination for teenagers aged 17 to 12 starts in Uruguay
Uruguay Wednesday became the first country in Latin America to extend its anticovid-19 vaccination campaign to children aged between 12 and 17, it was announced.

Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:30:00 GMT
Uruguay's Transport Minister to undergo surgery to remove eye tumor
Uruguay's new Minister of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP), José Luis Falero, suffered a seizure in the early hours of Tuesday morning and was rushed to a Montevideo clinic for further medical assistance.

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:50:00 GMT
Interpol red alert out against "Pepín" Rodríguez Simón but arrest will have to wait
Interpol Uruguay received a red alert for the arrest of former Macrist aide Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón but his arrest will have to wait until his request for political asylum is answered, it was reported.

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Price of fuel goes up 12% in Uruguay
The Government of Uruguay Monday announced a 12% increase in the price of fuels due to the increase in the international value of oil, a product that Uruguay imports 100%.

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:11:00 GMT
Ballet performance marks pilot trial of Uruguayan green pass
Uruguayan authorities held a pilot test of the “green pass” with an event at Montevideo's Sodre auditorium Saturday evening.

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Fact Checking: Uruguayan President took less scientific-recommended measures than he stated
The information check unit of French international news agency AFP Friday announced it had detected a statement by Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou that 24.5 of the 27 sanitary measures recommended by his honorary scientifi...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 09:47:00 GMT
Uruguayan ministers travel to Paraguay to discuss flexibilization of Mercosur
Uruguay's Economy Minister Azucena Arbeleche and Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo travelled to Paraguay Friday to discuss with the local administration of President Mario Abdo Benítez new steps towards flexibilities Mercosu...

Sat, 05 Jun 2021 08:21:00 GMT
Mexico blasts OAS Secretary General Almagro, "one of the worst in history"
Mexico's foreign minister on Friday criticized the work of the head of the Organization of American States, Uruguayan born Luis Almagro, adding to its earlier rebuke that the group should not intervene in Bolivia's internal aff...

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Lacalle Pou wants Uruguay to compete in an unprotected foreign trade scenario
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday during the virtual Export Day celebrations that “we like to play on a large court, and not on a small, protected one.”



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