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Uruguay's goods trade deficit narrowed to US$35.3 million in September as exports rose 7.8% and oil imports fell by more than half.
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Cardinal Daniel Sturla will give Pope Leo XIV a letter from a man who says a priest abused him, though no victims' meeting is planned in Uruguay.
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The Presidency of Uruguay announced the Paris appeals court dismissed the US$3.536 billion Aratirí mining claim on 28 October 2026.
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Uruguay culture in 2026 spans Rubén Rada's farewell, carnival champions, the Oscar entry Un cabo suelto and a Libertadores final in Montevideo.
Uruguay politics in October 2026: President Yamandú Orsi, the Frente Amplio, the opposition, the military, the...
Montevideo’s Pocitos, Punta Carretas and Carrasco lead our ranking of where expats should live in Uruguay,...
Uruguay geopolitics in October 2026: ties with the US, China, the EU, Brazil, Russia and India,...
New videos of the March arrest of Uruguayan suspect Sebastián Marset show a DEA agent reading him his...
Pope Leo XIV confirms his 6 to 17 November trip to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, saying medical checks...
Uruguay's President Orsi congratulated Lula on Sunday, 25 October, as Trump questioned Brazil's vote and two opposition politicians...
Uruguay suspended imports and transit of Brazilian birds and poultry products on 22 October after Newcastle disease hit...
Uruguay will rewrite criminal-record certificate rules after a police paper showed no record for accused drug lord Sebastián...
The Uruguay unemployment rate dipped to 7.1% in September from 7.2% in August, INE said, with youth joblessness...
Free Pope Leo Uruguay tickets for the Montevideo vigil and Florida Mass sold out in about three hours...
Uruguay senator Sebastián da Silva filed a bill on 22 October to ban new data centres over two...
Brazil runoff date: Sunday, October 25, poll closing times and when results start · Brazil runoff polls: Flávio 51%, Lula 49% · Kalshi and Polymarket odds