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    • Monday, 25 September, 2023
      Mercosur
      South American leaders issue ultimatum on EU trade pact

      Paraguay’s president says Mercosur will end talks with Brussels if deal is not finalised by December 6

      Paraguay’s president Santiago Peña at the UN General Assembly in New York this week
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      ESG investing
      Climate penalties to be built in to more debt issuances

      Sovereign issuers plan ‘sustainability-linked bonds’ as a way of trying to woo ethical investors

    • Monday, 20 March, 2023
      OutlookLucinda Elliott
      Uruguay’s difficult history is still being largely ignored

      The country has yet to grapple fully with the dictatorship and state terrorism it experienced in the 1970s and 80s

      Portraits of people who disappeared during the last dictatorship in Uruguay displayed by people taking part in the Marcha del Silencio (March of Silence) in Montevideo, in May last year
    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
      Indian tycoon wins right to press ahead with $4bn fight over Uruguay mine

      Ruling allows Pramod Agarwal to seek recovery of investment following 2016 collapse of iron ore project

      Pramod Agarwal
    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Latin America
      Uruguay tries to steal the show as a South American film hub

      Tax breaks are among the perks the country hopes will attract a growing number of shoots

      Actors filming a movie in Montevideo, Uruguay
    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Uruguay’s passport scandal forces reckoning on corruption

      Latin American country’s reputation for solid governance at risk as its leaders grapple with multiple allegations

      Alejandro Astesiano, former chief of the presidential guard, runs alongside the car of president Luis Lacalle Pou at the head of state’s inauguration in 2020
    • Monday, 26 December, 2022
      Uruguay’s global ambitions shake up Latin America’s Mercosur trade bloc

      As political alliances in the region shift, Montevideo’s decision to ‘open up to the world’ exacerbates tensions

      Uruguay’s president Luis Lacalle Pou
    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      FIFA World Cup
      World Cup: Ghana-Uruguay grudge match shows attraction of the villain

      West African nation out for revenge after last-minute Luis Suárez handball denied it a semi-final berth in 2010

      Luis Suárez, left, and Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan after missing his penalty during the shootout in the  2010 World Cup quarter-final match
    • Sunday, 27 November, 2022
      News in-depthFIFA World Cup
      World Cup heralds final whistle for football greats

      Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Suárez must soon be told their time is up

      Cristiano Ronaldo, left, and Luis Suarez
    • Saturday, 8 October, 2022
      Travel
      How Pueblo Garzón went from ghost town to Uruguay’s cultural hotspot

      Artists, restaurateurs and winemakers are transforming the dusty streets of a once-forgotten village

      Daytime view of a long dining table in the middle of an unpaved street lit with hanging incandescent bulbs. Some people interact with each other on the sidelines and the old Estación Garzón is seen in front of some trees on the left
    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Booming cocaine trade now stains most of Latin America

      Drug violence reaches well beyond Mexico and Colombia into region’s quieter corners

      A man holds coca paste, a crude extract of the coca leaf, in Catatumbo, Norte de Santander Department, Colombia
    • Tuesday, 23 August, 2022
      News in-depthMining
      Indian tycoon takes on South America’s ‘Switzerland’

      Pramod Agarwal challenges Uruguay’s pro-business reputation in $3.5bn compensation battle over iron ore project

      Pramod Agarwal
    • Sunday, 26 December, 2021
      Travelista
      Five New Year’s Eve destinations with dazzle

      Where to see in 2022, from high-desert solitude in Bolivia to a haute Hogmanay  

    • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
      Trade Secrets
      How Uruguay’s trade talks with China threaten Mercosur Premium content

      A pact between Montevideo and Beijing would have broader consequences for Latin America

      Uruguay’s president Luis Lacalle Pou talking to two other men at a football match
    • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
      Travel
      Rural rhythms and remote retreats in Uruguay

      Off-limits to tourists since March 2020, the country finally reopened its borders this month

    • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
      Mercosur
      Uruguay roils Mercosur bloc with search for outside trade deals

      South American country’s move raises tensions ahead of presidential summit

      Luis Lacalle Pou, Uruguay’s president, pictured in March 2021
    • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
      Uruguay’s tech scene nears critical mass

      In per capita terms, the nation is a global leader in software exports

      Trafilea’s headquarters in Montevideo
    • Friday, 25 December, 2020
      Global Economy
      Thriving tech scene allows Uruguay to shine during pandemic

      Silicon Valley paying attention to small nation following emergence of unicorn and Covid app

    • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
      How to Lead
      How to launch a coronavirus app in one week

      As Covid-19 cases started mounting in Uruguay, a software developer took on the challenge of his career

    • Tuesday, 30 June, 2020
      News in-depthCoronavirus
      Uruguay’s Covid success: ‘We cannot cry victory just yet’

      One of few countries in Latin America that appears to have the pandemic under control

    • Saturday, 6 June, 2020
      News in-depthCannabis industry
      Uruguay cannabis producer sets sights on global dominance

      Silverpeak subsidiary aims to become world’s largest producer of medicinal marijuana by 2025

      Cannabis plants being grown at Fotmer Life Sciences in Uruguay
    • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
      Conservatives bring to an end 15 years of leftist rule in Uruguay

      Lacalle Pou’s slim victory topples last of Latin America’s leftwing governments

      Mandatory Credit: Photo by RAUL MARTINEZ/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10484429g) Uruguay's center-right National Party (NP) presidential candidate Luis Lacalle Pou reacts as he greets supporters outside the party's headquarters in Montevideo, Uruguay, 24 November 2019. The Uruguay Electoral Commission said that the race is too close and the result won't be announced for several days pending a recount. Uruguay's presidential runoff elections too close to call, Montevideo - 24 Nov 2019
    • Monday, 25 November, 2019
      Uruguay’s conservative opposition on track for victory

      Success for Luis Lacalle Pou would be blow for leftist Broad Front coalition

      National party presidential candidate Luis Lacalle Pou. Uruguay’s electoral court, said it could not yet declare a winner
    • Monday, 18 November, 2019
      Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
      Argentina debt uncertainty piles on the agony for investors

      President-elect Fernández is reticent on likely relationship with bondholders and IMF

      Alberto Fernandez, presidential candidate for Frente de Todos Party, fourth right, speaks on stage with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's former president and vice presidential candidate, left, at the party's headquarters during an election night rally in the Chacarita neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. Opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez swept Argentina's presidential election, ousting pro-market incumbent Mauricio Macri and tilting the nation back toward left-wing populism at a time of economic crisis. Photographer: Sarah Pabst/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 25 June, 2019
      Residential
      Cost of living: Asian cities dominate rankings

      Annual survey looks at how much expats can expect to pay for housing and day-to-day costs

      The fountain complex in the park. Ashkhabad. Turkmenistan.
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