Tag: Luis Lacalle Pou

• Wednesday, January 31st 2024 - 15:21 UTC

  A company has started the process to become the new Uruguayan flag airline

  

  Sociedad Uruguaya de Aviación (SUA), a privately owned company, has begun the process of becoming Uruguay's new flag carrier. The endeavor is led by Antonio Rama, a Uruguayan commander who has been based in Doha for a decade.

• Thursday, January 25th 2024 - 15:45 UTC

  President Lacalle Pou fined for speeding in Maldonado during motorcycle escapade

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou has received a fine from the Municipality of Maldonado for a speeding violation while riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle. This incident, which occurred on January 8 and was reported the last few hours, gained attention as it followed the president's new “biker” facet as he rides without visible bodyguards and using a non-approved helmet in Punta del Este.

• Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 11:15 UTC

  Uruguay: Palestinian Embassy criticizes beef export deal with Israel

  

  Palestine's Embassy in Montevideo criticized the Uruguayan government of President Luis Lacalle Pou for a recent beef export agreement with Israel and suggested there was some sort of political alliance with Tel Aviv.

• Sunday, December 24th 2023 - 14:27 UTC

  Uruguayan President to insist on a more flexible Mercosur in his last full year

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said on Friday during the inauguration of an intensive care unit in the department (province) of Cerro Largo that “we shall insist on Mercosur to get out of this corset and to be able to connect with the rest of the world.”

• Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Lacalle Pou praises departing Presidential Secretary Delgado

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that Álvaro Delgado was a “great management partner” as he left the presidential secretariat to focus on his 2024 bid for the Torre Ejecutiva. He will be replaced by Rodrigo Ferrés

• Wednesday, December 20th 2023 - 10:19 UTC

  Uruguayan President and his children land in Antarctica

  

  The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. “After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,” Lacalle wrote on social networks.

• Saturday, December 16th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Uruguayan president postpones Antarctica trip due to bad weather

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou's trip to Antarctica has been postponed due to bad weather, Defense Minister Javier García announced Friday in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:56 UTC

  Spotify not leaving Uruguay after all

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday signed a regulatory decree regarding current regulations, which allows the music-streaming platform Spotify not to leave the country in February as previously announced.

• Saturday, December 9th 2023 - 11:05 UTC

  Uruguayan president clashes with potential successor

  

  Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou exchanged verbal flak with his likely successor Friday while shaking hands at a business event in Progreso. “If you want to maintain a good relationship, try to mind your manners,” Lacalle told Canelones Mayor (Governor) Yamandú Orsi of the opposition Frente Amplio.

• Friday, December 8th 2023 - 15:19 UTC

  Lula invites Lacalle Pou to surf in Brazil, President responds with a 'shaka'

  

  During his introductory speech to fellow Mercosur leaders, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took a moment to acknowledge the passion for surfing of Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou. Lula extended an invitation for Lacalle Pou to surf in Brazil once his presidential term concludes.