Uruguay

Sunday, November 8th 2026 - 20:16 UTC
Leo XIV leaves Uruguay urging Catholics to reach out to “those who have drifted away”

Pope Leo XIV ended his visit to Uruguay on Sunday with a Mass before some 30,000 faithful in the city of Florida, where he urged Catholics to reach out to those who have drifted away from the Church in South America’s most secular country, before flying to Buenos Aires, the second stop on his regional tour.
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Saturday, November 7th 2026 - 02:30 UTC
Leo XIV begins his tour in Uruguay, praising Mercosur and peace and questioning abortion and euthanasia

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on Friday, the first stop on his South American tour, and in a speech to Uruguayan authorities praised Mercosur, peaceful coexistence and care for the environment, but also defended life “even that which is still growing in the mother’s womb” and questioned euthanasia, in a country where both are legal and which is considered the most secular in the region.
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Saturday, October 31st 2026 - 01:14 UTC
From Montevideo to Luján: Leo XIV’s tour of Uruguay and Argentina

Pope Leo XIV will begin a tour of South America in Montevideo on November 6 that will take him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, with open-air Masses, meetings with Presidents Yamandú Orsi and Javier Milei, and events with young people, workers and prisoners. His stop in Argentina, from November 8 to 11, will be the first papal visit to the country since John Paul II’s in April 1987.
Sunday, October 25th 2026 - 13:32 UTC
Montevideo cements its role as a staging port for Antarctic expeditions

The port of Montevideo welcomed seven polar expedition ships this week at the start of the Antarctic season, reinforcing the Uruguayan capital’s role as a staging point for cruise ships heading to the frozen continent.
Friday, October 23rd 2026 - 18:19 UTC
The Pope cancels a visit to Assisi as a medical precaution, two weeks before his South American tour

Pope Leo XIV has cancelled a visit planned for Tuesday, October 27, to Assisi, in central Italy, after his doctors advised against helicopter travel so soon after the lung surgery he underwent on October 13. It is the first engagement on his schedule to be called off since the operation, two weeks before the start of his tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
Friday, October 16th 2026 - 09:52 UTC
Uruguay signs a US$5.7 billion data centre investment with Spain’s Solaria

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi on Wednesday signed an agreement with Spanish company Solaria Energía y Medio Ambiente to develop a data centre campus of up to 500 megawatts with its own solar generation, a US$5.7 billion investment the government described as the largest in the country’s history. The opposition has demanded explanations about the company’s financial capacity and the jobs the project will create.
Tuesday, October 13th 2026 - 14:52 UTC
Lubetkin warns Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”

Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin has warned Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro that “it is not easy to leave Mercosur”, in response to his criticism of the bloc during the campaign for the October 25 runoff. In the same interview, with the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, he said Uruguay would not restore diplomatic relations with Venezuela while Delcy Rodríguez governs.
Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 17:11 UTC
Scientific workshop on Illex Squid in Vigo with the participation of Falkland Islands

Argentine unions linked to the fishing, maritime and port industries have complained bitterly to the International Transport Workers Federation against a workshop on the Shortfin Squid (Illex Argentinus) organized by OPPC3, in Vigo with the suppot of the Sustaianble Fisheries Partnership, and to which Argentina allegedly has not been invited, but it does include the Falkland Islands.
Saturday, October 3rd 2026 - 09:40 UTC
Uruguay ranks third in Latin America for international air passengers per capita

Uruguay ranked third in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2025 for international air passengers per inhabitant, according to Airports Council International figures presented in Lima this week, despite its small share of the region's total traffic.
Thursday, October 1st 2026 - 09:32 UTC
Uruguay's foreign minister separates the “invaded island” from the money extracted from the Falklands

Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin argued that the Falklands dispute has changed in nature with oil exploration: one thing, he said, is “the invaded island” and “the fight against colonialism”, and another is “when a lot of money is taken from there”. His remarks come as Yamandú Orsi's government considers buying two patrol vessels from the Royal Navy, a deal that has already prompted a resolution from twenty deputies of Argentine President Javier Milei's party.