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Uruguay
Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:12:00 GMTGovernment targets faster state processes with new economic reform package
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone said the government will send a competitiveness and innovation bill to Congress on May 31, focused on foreign trade, competition policy, innovation and admin...
Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:44:00 GMTRafael Correa in Uruguay: controversy over visit by convicted Ecuadorean ex-president
Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is in Uruguay, according to Uruguayan government sources cited by Montevideo daily El País. His presence prompted criticism from the opposition, while the government said that, for now...
Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:03:00 GMTUruguayan fugitive Sebastián Marset captured in Bolivia and placed in U.S. custody
Suspected Uruguayan drug trafficker Sebastián Marset was captured on Friday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, in an operation that ends one of the Southern Cone’s longest and most visible manhunts. Paraguayan authorities ...
Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:33:00 GMTUruguayans see security as top national concern, cost of living as main personal problem
Uruguayans continue to identify security and crime as the country’s main problem, but when the question shifts to everyday life, the dominant concern becomes the cost of living, according to a new survey by University of the ...
Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:53:00 GMTFalklands, Uruguayan scientists join UK project to study biodiversity on the Islands’ sandy beaches
A team of researchers from the Marine Sciences Laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences of the Uruguayan national university (Universidad de la República) is working in the Falkland Islands on the UK sponsored project “Biodiver...