Uruguay News » Montevideo News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Cuban Migrant Establishes Uruguay's First Textile Surplus Bank
For many businesses, tons of fabric scraps destined for the landfill were just waste. However, for Yuniet Morrel Quintero, a Cuban migrant, these ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Uruguay set for election dominated by pensions, crime
Pension plebiscite to overhaul $22.5-billion private system Crime and drug gang fears dominate voter concerns Third-place candidate Ojeda could influence runoff MONTEVIDEO, Oct 25 (Reuters) - In ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Montevideo, Uruguay: 50,000 steps in a city where the sidewalk never ends
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... For a window into the soul of a city, take a stroll along the waterfront: Think of the Seine walkways in Paris, the Copacabana promenade in Rio or the ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Hundreds pack Montevideo’s plaza as La Rueda de Candombe caps a breakout run
Every Monday night in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo, hundreds gather around a table in a public square, drawn by the pulse of drums, guitars and voices carrying aloft a centuries-old rhythm. La ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Uruguay’s Microtrafficking Approach Under Question as Homicides Jump
Uruguay's authorities are turning microtrafficking seizures into a pillar of their security policy. A spate of gang-related killings in Uruguay’s capital of Montevideo, alongside violence throughout ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Uruguay Says More Social Spending Likely Needed to Lower Poverty
(Bloomberg) -- Uruguay’s new government expects a future social security reform in its early stages will likely require higher spending to combat child poverty that’s five times the level for the ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Uruguay's migrant population grows for first time in a century, driven by Venezuelans, Cubans
MONTEVIDEO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - For the first time since mass European migration to the Americas at the turn of the 20th century, the number of foreigners living in Uruguay is on the rise, this time ...
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: Uruguay’s Orsi Pledges Social and Economic Reform
Left-leaning politician Yamandú Orsi is vowing to reform the country’s social security system and lower the retirement age less than a week after taking office as the President of Uruguay.
News Uruguay » Montevideo » Social: MADERA: Innovation for Social Architecture in Uruguay. International Call to build a Timber HealthCare Center in Montevideo
The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning (MVOT) of Uruguay, the National Administration of Health Services (ASSE) and the Neighborhood Improvement Program (PMB), with the support of the ...