U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (NJ), Tim Kaine (VA), Bill Hagerty (TN) and Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA) will visit Uruguay from April 5-7 as part of a regional tour that also includes Chile and Brazil.
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Stone’s second visit to Montevideo in as many years comes at an opportune time, as the United States and Uruguay mark the 70th anniversary of the 1953 Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement between the nations.
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The U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation has executed almost 10 million dollars from the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in construction projects in Uruguay over the last 20 years. About 1.7 million dollars have been given just to strengthen Uruguay’s response capabilities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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With U.S. technical support, Uruguay will be the first country in South America to develop a screwworm eradication program The technique to eradicate the screwworm plague, for which the United States are a global model, will be implemented for the first time in South America in Uruguay. On the morning of September 14, Ambassador Kenn …
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The U.S. Department of State reaches a milestone of 230 years of diplomacy on July 27. As the leader of America’s oldest executive agency — the State Department was called the Department of Foreign Affairs when it was created in 1789, with Thomas Jefferson as its head — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo advises the …
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Today, on the annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we mark 70 years of UN peacekeeping, and the service and sacrifice of thousands of uniformed and civilian personnel. UN peacekeepers serve under dangerous and uncertain circumstances, and too often pay the ultimate sacrifice. We honor in particular today the more than 3,700 peacekeepers who …
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