URUGUAY

Uruguay: classroom attendance is very low

Published on: July 4, 2023
00:30

Montevideo, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The classrooms of kindergarten and elementary school are empty due to the early winter vacations and respiratory diseases, but in school times there is notorious non-attendance in Uruguayan schools.

Uruguay expresses critical view at Mercosur Summit

Published on: July 3, 2023
13:23

Montevideo, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo on Monday outlined a critical view of Mercosur's integrationist performance and what he called the bloc's immobility.

Montevideo’s fresh water reserves are running low

Published on: July 3, 2023
11:02

Montevideo, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) The fresh water reserves of this capital city are below 2% and soon the water that runs through the pipes will no longer be drinkable and will be barely sanitary.

President of Uruguay travels to MERCOSUR summit in Argentina

Published on: July 3, 2023
08:17

Montevideo, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, is travelling to Argentina to participate in a new summit of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR).

If it doesn’t rain soon, Montevideo’s water will be undrinkable

Published on: July 1, 2023
00:45

Montevideo, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Montevideo and the metropolitan area, where nearly two million inhabitants live, could run out of drinking water at the tap, as a result of the water crisis that persists in Uruguay at present.

Tenth Uruguayan police officer commits suicide so far this year

Published on: July 1, 2023
00:15

Montevideo, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) Ten Uruguayan police officers have committed suicide so far this year, a problem that persists despite complaints from police unions.

Uruguayan public company activates 5G technology

Published on: June 28, 2023
13:38

Montevideo, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The National Telecommunications Administration (ANTEL) on Monday activated 5G technology in several departments of Uruguay, informed its president, Gabriel Bermudez.

Memorial to former female political prisoners in Uruguay

Published on: June 28, 2023
10:29

Montevideo, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The names of almost 1,800 women are engraved on the memorial to Uruguay's former female political prisoners, which stands in this capital, near the Legislative Palace. It is one of the initiatives that took place here in the midst of the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the coup d'état of June 1973, and in the desire that with this memory never again state terrorism should claim victims in this South American country.

Uruguay’s interior minister to be questioned again

Published on: June 28, 2023
09:24

Montevideo, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Interior Minister Luis Alberto Heber will be questioned again in the Chamber of Deputies Wednesday, responding to concerns by the Broad Front (Frente Amplio-FA) about the Government's security plan.

Remains of disappeared woman are in Argentina for identification

Published on: June 26, 2023
17:54

Montevideo, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) The remains of an Uruguayan woman who probably was prisoner who disappeared during the dictatorship were sent to Argentina on Monday for later identification.

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