Uruguay

Uruguay received praise from NASA for its impressive strides in integrating wind energy, highlighting the Peralta wind farm in Tacuarembó as a symbol of the country's rapid progress, increasing its wind energy share from 1% to 34% in 5 years

The Uruguayan Meteorological Institute has reportedly announced that the country’s drought is over from a climatic viewpoint

Military officers who committed human rights abuses during Uruguay's dictatorship (1973-1985) could soon be allowed to serve out their sentences at home; new law passed by Senate, if approved by lower house, would grant house arrest to criminals over 65

Uruguay has experienced its first growth in foreign-born residents since 1908, reaching 3% of the population and driven by an influx from Venezuela and Cuba, marking a positive demographic shift and bolstering the nation's population

Ancap, Uruguay's state energy company, has signed offshore hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation contracts, marking a historic phase of exploration across the country's entire territorial sea

Amidst rainfall and flooding affecting cities, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Paysandú, Uruguay, provided rapid humanitarian aid by organizing and distributing 1.000 survival kits to families impacted by the inundation

Uruguay's Central Bank aims at launching rapid mobile payments by 2025, allowing 24/7 real-time transactions with a $20.000 limit; designed for individuals and businesses, this system promotes competition, efficiency, and risk management

Uruguay secured an unprecedented US$350 million ecological loan from the World Bank, offering reduced interest rates contingent on achieving specific environmental goals, particularly a verifiable reduction in methane emissions

Following several leaked recordings, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo has resigned amid allegations of concealing information related to the issuance of an Uruguayan passport to alleged drug trafficker Sebastián Marset

2.769.734 foreign tourists were welcomed in Uruguay between January and September, surpassing the total number for 2022, with a record-breaking 792.734 visitors in the third quarter

Manufacturing industrial production continues to rise; the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics in Uruguay confirms a 2,1% growth in the Physical Volume Index of Manufacturing Industry in the last year

To refurbich the Centenario Stadium for the 2030 World Cup, a US$80 million investment is planned; the expansion would accommodate over 80.000 spectators