Pension reform in Uruguay: unions call for general strike
The Uruguayan trade union confederation PIT-CNT has decided to call a 24-hour general strike with mobilization on Tuesday to reject...
April 25, 2023Section
Uruguay News in English
Uruguay news in English from The Rio Times — Montevideo politics, economy, agriculture and culture.
Uruguay cuts interest rate to 11.25%
The Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) announced today, Wednesday, a reduction of the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) by 25 basis...
April 20, 2023
Uruguayan experts lower economic growth forecast for 2023 to 1.50%
Uruguayan analysts foresee a national economic growth of 1.50 percent in 2023, which represents a drop with respect to the...
April 20, 2023
Uruguay again to exceed 90% renewable electricity generation in 2022
Electric power generation in Uruguay returned to over 90% renewable in 2022, according to data from the Preliminary Energy Balance
April 14, 2023
Uruguayan dairy exports grew 13% in the first quarter of 2023
Uruguayan dairy exports increased by 13 percent compared to the same period in 2022, the National Dairy Institute (Inale) reported...
April 12, 2023
Trips abroad from Uruguay increase 56% during the holidays
A total of 364,284 people left Uruguay during the holiday known in the country as Tourism Week, 56 percent more...
April 11, 2023
The best cruise season in Uruguay in the last eight years
During Easter weekend, Celebrity Infinity docked in the port of Montevideo. This marked the end of the cruise season for...
April 10, 2023
A senator of the party of Uruguay’s Lacalle Pou is accused of pedophilia by trans activist
A trans activist of the Uruguayan National Party (PN), led by the current President, Luis Lacalle Pou, accused a legislator...
April 4, 2023
Inflation in Uruguay slows down in March to 7.33% year-on-year
Inflation in Uruguay moderated for the sixth consecutive month and stood at 7.33 percent in the mobile year ending in...
April 4, 2023