URUGUAY

New round of discrepant wage negotiations in Uruguay

Published on: June 30, 2021
13:51

Montevideo, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's Wage Councils on Wednesday concluded their eighth round of negotiations to give way to another one that might be arduous due to dissenting positions between the managers and the unions.

Uruguayan orgs to campaign against bills on children’s rights

Published on: June 29, 2021
12:38

Montevideo, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan organizations and networks in defense of childhood on Tuesday organized a campaign against the government's bills on shared custody of children, which they consider ignore the principle of children's supreme interest.

Questioning of Uruguayan minister of tourism confirmed

Published on: June 28, 2021
13:58

Montevideo, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's Frente Amplio (Broad Front) on Monday confirmed a call to question Minister of Tourism German Cardoso for his links with the former police chief of Maldonado Department, Fernando Pereira, who was accused of five crimes.

Uruguay, Unique circular bridge

Published on: June 28, 2021
00:10

Montevideo, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Since Uruguay inaugurated its first toll bridge in 1858, a lot of water has flowed under such structures erected over time in a nation of mighty and overflowing rivers to link regions, departments and even countries, as in the case of Argentina and Brazil.

Uruguay remembers onset of dictatorship 48 years ago

Published on: June 27, 2021
11:44

Montevideo, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The central labor union of Uruguay PIT-CNT evoked today, on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the onset of the civil-military dictatorship, the general strike of that time with the leading role of workers, students and other social organizations.

Uruguay’s Minister of Health warns about Delta strain

Published on: June 22, 2021
09:46

Montevideo, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay's Minister of Public Health, Daniel Salinas, warned that the eventual entry of the so-called Delta strain of the SARS CoV-2 virus will hinder the control of the epidemic.

Uruguayan lawmakers condemn US blockade against Cuba

Published on: June 21, 2021
12:02

Montevideo, June 21 (Prensa Latina) Legislators from Uruguay's Broad Front (Frente Amplio) on Monday ratified their condemnation of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba for six decades, a few days before the vote on another draft resolution demanding the lifting of that measure, at the United Nations General Assembly.

US blockade against Cuba condemned in Uruguay

Published on: June 21, 2021
07:17

Montevideo, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Dozens of Uruguayans on Sunday condemned through a solidarity caravan the economic, commercial and financial US blockade imposed on Cuba, a hostile policy strongly rebuffed by most of international community.

Bills in Uruguay divide the ruling coalition

Published on: June 19, 2021
09:45

Montevideo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The draft of the new Forestry Law approved in the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay evidenced once againt the differences existing between the main parties of the ruling coalition, Nacional (PN), Colorado (PC) and Cabildo Abierto (CA).

Unions lead social demands in Uruguay

Published on: June 19, 2021
08:57

Montevideo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) The national union strike against hunger and inequality, for life, salary and work, has been standing out in the week that concludes today with the defense of salaries against business cuts.

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