Tag: Montevideo

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:24 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas returning to Uruguay in less than two weeks

  

  Flag carrier Aerolineas Argentinas is to resume services to Uruguay after 18 months as of September 14, it was announced Wednesday.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Globant opens new Montevideo HQs, announces US $ 60 mn investment

  

  Technology giant Globant Monday announced an investment of US $ 60 million and the hiring of more than 350 professionals by the end of 2021 during the opening of their new Montevideo headquarters.

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Eastern lands at Carrasco, Copa adds flights to/from Montevideo

  

  Montevideo's Carrasco international airport welcomed a new operator this week and more flights from an old one, as Uruguay's reopening to the world gains momentum in the current pandemic scenario.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 21:15 UTC

  Cruise industry interested in returning to Uruguay for the 2021/22 season

  

  Uruguay has received over 200 requests for cruise vessels to call in Montevideo and Punta del Este for the coming 2021/22 season, (October/March), according to reports in the local media. Of the 200, 140 requests are for Montevideo and 60 for the international seaside resort of Punta del Este.

• Tuesday, May 25th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Montevideo gyms get back to work (out)

  

  Montevideo's gyms, clubs and sports centres reopened their doors Monday, albeit with only 30% per cent capacity allowed and provided all sanitary protocols are observed.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 10:20 UTC

  Biden administration says Uruguay sets an example others should follow

  

  After Special Envoy Juan Gonzales rounded up his South American tour last week, the administration of US President Joseph Biden concluded the world needed more places like Uruguay, it was reported by White House sources.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina complains of Uruguayan acquiescence to RAF transport aircraft

  

  Argentina filed a formal complaint Tuesday before Uruguay for allowing a British Royal Air Force transport aircraft serving the Falkland Islands to refuel at Montevideo on April 4, it was reported.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 16:04 UTC

  Argentina says Uruguay is authorised to dredge Montevideo port to 13 metres only

  

  In 2020, the Uruguayan government agreed on a framework agreement for the dredging and widening of the access channel to the port of Montevideo, which provoked criticism from neighbouring Argentina. Now the Argentine government has informed Uruguay that it has authorized the dredging of the access channel to the port of Montevideo to only 13 meters, and not 14, as announced by the current and previous Uruguayan governments.

• Friday, March 5th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  American Airlines cancels routes from the US to Montevideo and Santiago

  

  American Airlines has extended the suspension and cancellation of numerous international flights including to regions that have not yet been severely impacted by the coronavirus, such as Latin America. The Fort-Worth-based airline says on 10 March that it is cutting summer international capacity by about 10% and April domestic capacity by 7.5% in response to decreasing demand.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Argos Pereira Peruvian crew member hospitalized in Montevideo

  

  One of the crew members from the Falklands bound trawler Argos Pereira, currently retained in Montevideo with 28 Covid-19 cases tested positive, had to be evacuated Monday afternoon and taken to a local hospital, because of further complications to his health situation.