Uruguay Daily News

23 May 2023

Uruguay to import bottled water: desalinization plant does not fit in aircraft

Uruguay's Economy Ministry Monday greenlighted the tax-free import of bottled water as one of the measures against the drought affecting Montevideo and the metropolitan ar ...

22 May 2023

Uruguayans hold successful March of Silence

Thousands of Uruguayans marched through the streets of Montevideo on Saturday evening marking the 28th March of Silence to remember the missing persons victims of the last ...

22 May 2023

IMF: Uruguay excels, predicts 2% growth, 7% inflation, 8.1% unemployment in 2023

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Uruguay on May 15, 2023, with prospects for this year anticipating ...

20 May 2023

Asylum requests on the rise in Uruguay

According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of asylum requests in Uruguay has increased to 16,000 from 13,113 in mid-2 ...

20 May 2023

Poll: Uruguayan President still has 46% approval

According to a study by pollsters, Cifra published this week in Montevideo, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou still has a 46% approval rating and a 43% negative image a ...

19 May 2023

Uruguayan grocers running out of bottled water as demand soars

As Uruguay's water crisis continues to escalate, sales of bottled water grew threefold during the last few days as suppliers ran out of stock, it was reported in Montevide ...

18 May 2023

Some rains forecasted but water crisis still dramatic in Uruguay

Uruguay's Meteorological Institute (Inumet) Wednesday announced it forecasted rainfalls between May 19 and 21, albeit below 10 millimeters, with a probability of occurrenc ...

15 May 2023

Shortage of drinking water in Montevideo getting critical

Montevideo Mayor Carolina Cosse will ask the National Emergency System (Sinae) to step in as the shortage of drinking water in the Uruguayan capital gets more and more ser ...

11 May 2023

Brazil to begin dredging channel linking Merín and Los Patos lagoons this year

Brazilian authorities have pledged to start dredging the Merín-De los Patos lagoons waterway later this year, most likely in the spring, Uruguayan Undersecretary of Trans ...