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Uruguay and Brazil sign across-the-border health agreement
Friday, August 29th 2025 - 09:52 UTC Lustemberg and Padilha praised the two countries' decision Health Ministers Cristina Lustemberg of Uruguay and Alexandre Padilha of Brazil have signed an agreement to create a binational health commission to...

Volleyball roundup: Minnewaska cruises past Montevideo, 3-0
MONTEVIDEO — The Minnewaska volleyball team made quick work of Montevideo on Thursday evening in the West Central Conference opener. The Lakers, who beat the Thunder Hawks in about 45 minutes, won 25-10, 25-19, 25-17. Minnewaska is 2-0 this season...

Medical now booked: Celtic have agreed deal to sign their next Izaguirre
Celtic are ramping up their efforts to improve their squad to make sure that it is in the best place possible to attack the 2025/26 campaign across all competitions. The sale of Nicolas Kuhn to Como and the ACL injury to Jota, who is set to be out...

World News | UAE Ambassador to Argentina Meets President of Uruguay
Montevideo [Uruguay], August 26 (ANI/WAM): Saeed Abdullah Al Qamzi, UAE Ambassador to the Argentine Republic and Non-Resident Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, met with Yamandu Orsi, President of Uruguay, in the presence of Mario...

Celtic ‘agree deal for key transfer target as terms revealed before star jets in for medical’
CELTIC have reportedly agreed a deal to land Marcelo Saracchi. The left-back has emerged as a key target for the Hoops in the past week and it looks like Brendan Rodgers has got his man. 3 Celtic are closing in on Marcelo SaracchiCredit: Getty 3...

What Celtic fans can expect from incoming €1.5m Boca Juniors star as South American football expert provides inside track
The Hoops are set to unveil the versatile defender as their latest summer signing Celtic are closing in on the signing of Boca Juniors left-back Marcello Saracchi on a season-long loan - with the player on his way to Parkhead after passing his...

Key Biscayne Saturday bites
Start the long Labor Day weekend in style with a delicious meal worthy of Saturday at any of our #tasteofkeybiscayne partner restaurants, and make this August 30 special. KEBO Spanish Restaurant Award winning authentic Spanish restaurants offering...

Uruguay assumes the Brasilia Consensus' rotating presidency
Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 10:33 UTC Lubetkin announced that issues such as productive integration, education, energy, and combating organized crime will be promoted Foreign Ministers Mario Lubetkin of Uruguay and María Gabriela Sommerfeld of...

Uruguayan bishops speak out against euthanasia bill: ‘We reiterate our support for palliative care’
The Uruguay bishops’ conference expressed sadness after the country’s lower house of Congress approved a bill decriminalizing euthanasia. “We reiterate our support for palliative care that cares for and accompanies the patient with dignity,” the...

Uruguay bishops express sadness over euthanasia vote
A man in a wheelchair talks to a nurse at the palliative care unit of the Clinic Saint-Elisabeth in Marseille, France, May 31, 2024. In an Aug. 13, 2025, statement The Uruguay bishops’ conference expressed sadness after the country’s lower house...

Uruguay advances euthanasia law despite Catholic bishops’ objections
Blogs Historically Catholic Uruguay’s Parliament moved closer to approving a bill that decriminalizes euthanasia, and the president supports the legislation. (LifeSiteNews) — On August 13, Uruguay’s lower house of parliament voted to decriminalize...

Peak demand for shelters in Uruguay due to cold weather emergency
According to the National Emergency System (Sinae) there were 3,007 people assisted between the shelters of the Ministry of Social Development (2,359) and the evacuation centers (648) 60 days after the emergency was declared. Sinae informed that...

Maximum Tolerated Medical Therapy for Glaucoma: Fixed-Dose Combinations of Timolol, Dorzolamide, Brimonidine with Latanoprost Versus Timolol, Dorzolamide with Latanoprost
Introduction Glaucoma is a group of progressive optic neuropathies characterized by the loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons.1 POAG is the predominant subtype in Mexico and Latin America, contributing significantly to vision loss and...

New Covid-19 variants detected in Uruguay
Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 20:02 UTC These new variants “have not led to increases in hospitalizations or serious cases,” Lustemberg noted Uruguay's Ministry of Public Health (MSP) has confirmed the circulation in the country of the new Covid-19...

Uruguayan Government and Broad Front align on Budget Bill
A recent meeting of legislators with Vice President Carolina Cosse, Secretary of the Presidency Alejandro Sanchez, and Broad Front President Fernando Pereira outlined the strategy for the legislative legislation, the proposal for which will be...

Liberal Uruguay and the right to die (legal assisted dying), The Economist
Thursday, August 21st 2025 - 06:45 UTC Uruguay’s support for assisted dying is built on a strikingly secular and liberal tradition that is unique in the region and was promoted by early political leaders. Pablo Canepa was a normal, healthy...

Demand for homeless shelter continues to be high in Uruguay
According to the National Emergency System (Sinae), 2,972 people were received in shelters and evacuation centers last Tuesday night, the highest number recorded since June 23, when the emergency began. Sinae reported that 2,406 homeless people...
Waller reiterates call for 25bps Sept. cut; Stocks lower, USD & USTs contained into PCE - Newsquawk US Market Open
Fed's Waller (voter, dovish dissenter) said the time has come to move policy to a more neutral stance and he would support a 25bps cut at the September meeting and anticipates additional rate cuts over the next 3–6 months. European bourses...

Annobón, the African island that wants independence... or to be part of Argentina
Orlando Cartagena, 59, sits unobtrusively in a café in northern Madrid on a Sunday morning. No one around him knows who he is, where he comes from, or what he went through to get there. Just a month ago, Cartagena led the celebrations at the...

Uruguay takes step towards legalizing euthanasia
Representatives in Uruguay’s lower house on Tuesday voted to approve the “Dignified Death” bill, which would allow terminally ill and mentally competent adults to die by euthanasia. After 14 hours of debate, the bill was approved by 64 votes to...