Japanese autopart makers Yazaki announced the closure of its two plants in Uruguay citing rising costs, leaving thousands jobless, it was reported in. Some 1,200 workers have been affected by the measure.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni recently spoke about Lionel Messi's chances of playing in the 2026 World Cup, which will take place in Mexico, Canada and United States. Argentina are on track to clinch their 2026 World Cup ticket in March when the CONMEBOL qualifiers resume.

Argentina's deregulation tsar Federico Sturzenegger, after a year spearheading one of the world's most aggressive attacks on the public sector and red tape, plans even deeper cuts this year, with sights set on industries from autos to medicines.

Argentina’s wealthier neighbors are vacationing far less in the South American country famed for its beef, red wines and cosmopolitan capital as President Javier Milei’s currency policies turn a dreamy tourist bargain into an expensive outlier.

The Uruguayan start-up SUA Líneas Aéreas has announced a strategic partnership with the Latvian airline AirBaltic to start operating Airbus A220-300 aircraft in the fourth quarter of 2025, pending regulatory approval.

A large algae bloom at the Río Negro Basin in Uruguay could impact the country's agricultural sector. Authorities in Uruguay warned on Wednesday about cyanobacteria identified in the basin of the country's main internal river, which endanger the health of livestock and other domestic and wild animals.

The Port of Rio de Janeiro welcomed five cruise ships simultaneously at its Pier Mauá Cruise Terminal on January 25, 2025. In one of the busiest days of the 2024-25 season, the facility hosted Regent’s Seven Seas Mariner and Oceania’s Marina,

Milei was in an ebullient mood, cheered on by an appreciative Davos audience. He has some justification for a victory lap after delivering Argentina’s first fiscal surplus since 2009 and wrangling monthly inflation to under 3% — from over 25% when he took office in late 2023.

The trend marks a reversal for business owners like Guillermo Luzardo, who cut staff and froze expansion plans at his supermarket chain in the border town of Salto because shoppers instead crossed the bridge into neighbouring Concordia, in Argentina’s Entre Ríos Province, to buy cheap petrol and groceries during 2022 and 2023.

Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Bern, 31.01.2025 - Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis will visit Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil from 3 to 7 February 2025. As part of its Ameri

France will be overwhelming favourites to clinch a big win over Wales in the Six Nations opener on Friday. Follow the live scoring here.

SVNS Vancouver will kick off with one of the event's more intriguing pool stage matches as Uruguay looks to repeat history against Fiji.