Uruguay Daily News

30 August 2024

Foundation stone laid for Google's data center in Uruguay

Representatives of technology giant Google and the Uruguayan Government, including President Luis Lacalle Pou, took part Thursday in the ceremony marking the laying of the ...

29 August 2024

Leonardo DiCaprio welcomes Uruguay's environmental initiative

American actor and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio welcomed through his Instagram account Uruguay's decision to declare Lobos Island, a group of 22 rock formation ...

28 August 2024

Football player Juan Izquierdo dies at age 27 after collapsing during Copa Libertadores game

The Uruguayan football community is in mourning after the confirmation of the death of Nacional defender Juan Manuel Izquierdo at the age of 27. Izquierdo, who collapsed i ...

28 August 2024

BCU's new VP insists the peso/dollar exchange rate is ruled by supply and demand

Uruguay's Central Bank Vice President Martín Inthamoussu said Tuesday that the exchange rate between the local peso and the US dollar was "set by supply and demand." He m ...

26 August 2024

Paraguayan carrier allowed to serve domestic route in Uruguay

Paraguayan carrier Paranair reached an understanding with Montevideo to add a stopover in Salto to some of its bidaily flights between the Uruguayan capital and Asunción, ...

26 August 2024

Lacalle to speak before the UN about Venezuela's electoral fraud

Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou plans to address the issue of the Venezuelan crisis during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), it was reported t ...

23 August 2024

Uruguay trying to lessen dependence on China for its beef exports

Uruguay is committed to lessen its dependence on the Chinese market for its sales of meat and beef in particular. In recent years China, as with most other Latin American ...

23 August 2024

Four LatAm countries insist Venezuela's TSJ consolidated fraud

Four Latin American countries were quick Thursday to voice their disagreement with Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) ratifying incumbent President Nicolás Maduro's alleged ...

19 August 2024

Uruguayan presidential hopeful wants negotiated solution for Venezuela

Uruguayan opposition presidential candidate Yamandú Orsi this weekend supported a peaceful and negotiated solution to the Venezuelan crisis and insisted that "suffering s ...