MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. 30 (UPI) — Uruguay is expanding its naval forces to protect its extended territorial waters.
El Observador reported Tuesday that the government of Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquezhas extended the country’s maritime exclusive economic zone from 200 nautical miles to 350 nautical miles. In order to secure the EEZ’s potential mineral and hydrocarbon wealth, the [...]

According to Equipos-Mori pollsters the percentage of undecided has ballooned from 7% in August to over 12% at the end of September which means the two leading candidates instead of attracting voters are expelling them.
The phenomenon, admit the campaign teams of incumbent candidate Jose Mujica and his main opponent Luis Alberto Lacalle has been caused [...]

“In accordance with his constitutional powers, the President has decided not to authorize the use of his image during the development of the current electoral campaign”, said the short release.
In one of the spots the main opposition National Party, quotes several statements from the incumbent candidate Jose Mujica, with strong criticisms to the Argentine government, [...]

The representative from the Organization of American States in Uruguay says the organization is trying to broker a solution to the ongoing Honduran political crisis.
John Bie-hl del Rio, who is in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa says the organization hopes to turn passions into rationality.
John Bie-hl del Rio, Uruguay’s OAS representative, said, “We are here because [...]

However given the legislative recess because of the October presidential campaign, the 11 member standing committee (6 from the coalition and 5 from the opposition) did not manage to agree on a “persona non grata” statement. The incumbents defended the attitude of ambassador Patiño while members of the opposition rejected it.
“This is a clear interference [...]

The President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, declared today before the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) that his country wishes to share with his country’s brothers in the hemisphere “a revolution of intelligence and equality of opportunity,” through the expansion of the Ceibal Plan, implemented by his Government [...]

MONTEVIDEO, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) — Uruguay and Peru have discussed the possibility of signing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to extend bilateral exchanges, reports here said on Monday.
“The truth is that there is a good political will,” El Observador daily quoted Commercial Attache from the Peruvian embassy to Uruguay Ricardo Romero as saying.
Meanwhile, foreign affairs [...]