One-meter-deeper dredging widens the distance between Uruguay and Argentina on port projects
After the Uruguayan government's announcement to dredge the access channel to the Port of Montevideo to 14 meters, Argentina reacted...
April 13, 2021Section
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Uruguay: More than 1 million vaccinated against Covid-19, 29% have received first dose
The South American country inoculated 812,374 people with the first dose and 192,788. Also, vaccination of people between 70 and...
April 10, 2021
Uruguay maps out a route to pioneer “green” hydrogen
Green hydrogen, a technology that is still under development, is "an important bet" for a country like Uruguay, which has...
April 8, 2021
Uruguay records more Covid-19 deaths in 6 days of April than in all of 2020
After a steady increase in the number of fatalities, for the first time on April 1, Uruguay recorded more than...
April 7, 2021
Pandemic: Uruguay goes from being the example to the worst in the region
Uruguay registered this Monday at least 647 new cases of coronavirus out of a total of 10,912 tests, informed the...
April 6, 2021
Outbreak of Covid-19 in nursing home in Uruguay leaves 15 dead
Fifteen elderly people died after an outbreak of Covid-19 in a geriatric care home in the city of Fray Bentos,...
April 6, 2021
Interpol operations in 13 Latin American countries seized 200,000 weapons, made 4,000 arrests and dismantled drug labs
Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure of...
April 6, 2021
Covid-19 variant identified in Brazil spreads through South America
Some 40% of the coronavirus cases detected recently in Lima, Peru, are associated with the variant.
April 6, 2021
Youths cross border to Uruguay for Covid-19 vaccine: “In Brazil, it would take too long”
Youths cross border to Uruguay for Covid-19 vaccine:. Expert living in brazil analysis and reporting from The Rio Times.
April 5, 2021