Uruguay: Unemployment and poverty are population’s main concerns – survey
These figures are consistent with the current 10.4% unemployment rate, representing 184,000 people in this situation out of an economically...
September 22, 2021Section
Uruguay News in English
Uruguay news in English from The Rio Times — Montevideo politics, economy, agriculture and culture.
Expreso Esperanza: Taking humanitarian medicine to rural Uruguay by bus
Amid conversations, laughter and jokes, its staff sets off from the border town of Rivera, in the north of the...
September 22, 2021
Lacalle Pou’s criticisms of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua generate division in Uruguay
The criticisms of the president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, expressed at the CELAC Summit towards Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua,...
September 21, 2021
President Lacalle Pou emphasizes to U.S. investors that Uruguay seeks to “open up to the world”
The President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, reiterated this Monday to representatives of investment funds and private capital in the...
September 21, 2021
Innovation: Uruguay climbed four places in WIPO Innovation Ranking for 2021
Uruguay moved up from 69th to 65th place, showing a positive trend, in the World Intellectual Property Organization's Innovation ranking
September 20, 2021
Business activity in commerce and services sectors declines in Uruguay
The latest economic study on the commerce and services sector activity in Uruguay reveals that sales corresponding to the second...
September 20, 2021
Venezuela’s Maduro challenges presidents of Uruguay and Paraguay to debate
On Sunday, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused his Uruguayan and Paraguayan counterparts of attacking and provoking him during the 6th...
September 20, 2021
Uruguay launched emergency counseling hotline for transgender people
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The consultation can be done by phone or video call and from any part of...
September 18, 2021
Analysis: Uruguay is farthest away from pre-pandemic activity levels among MERCOSUR countries
The projected GDP "V-shaped" recovery, forecast at the start of the health emergency, only seems to have occurred in Paraguay...
September 17, 2021