President Joe Biden met with President Luis Lacalle Pou of Uruguay today at the White House. During their bilateral meeting, President Biden lauded Uruguay as a regional and global model for democratic governance and congratulated him for receiving the Gold Insignia award from the Council of the Americas. President Biden applauded President Lacalle Pou for ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 14 June, 2023 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: Bilateral meeting, President Joe Biden, President Lacalle Pou, The White House, Washington DC
Remarks by President Biden Before the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly SEPTEMBER 21, 2022 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS United Nations Headquarters New York, New York 11:08 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow leaders, in the last year, our world has experienced great upheaval: a growing crisis ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 22 September, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: President Joe Biden, President Vladimir Putin, russia, Ukraine, UN, United Nations General Assembly
Remarks by President Biden at the Inaugural Ceremony of the Ninth Summit of the Americas JUNE 08, 2022 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS Microsoft Theater Los Angeles, California 6:00 P.M. PDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Please be seated. Welcome to Los Angeles. (Applause.) And I probably should stop right here because I’ve followed some difficult acts ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 9 June, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: President Joe Biden, Summit of the Americas
Remarks by President Biden on the United Efforts of the Free World to Support the People of Ukraine MARCH 26, 2022 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS The Royal Castle in Warsaw Warsaw, Poland 6:16 P.M. CET THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, thank you, thank you. Please, if you have a seat, be seated. (Laughter.) If you don’t, ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 28 March, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: Invasion, Poland, President Andrzej Duda, President Joe Biden, russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Warsaw
Remarks by President Biden Announcing U.S. Ban on Imports of Russian Oil, Liquefied Natural Gas, and Coal MARCH 08, 2022 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS Roosevelt Room 11:25 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, folks. Sorry to keep you waiting. I was on a couple of phone calls. Today I’m announcing the United States is targeting ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 10 March, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: Ban, Coal, Liquefied Natural Gas, Oil, President Joe Biden, russia, The White House
Statement by President Joe Biden on International Women’s Day MARCH 08, 2022 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES On International Women’s Day, we recognize the achievements of women and girls in the United States and across the globe, celebrate the progress we’ve made, and recommit ourselves to the work that remains to deliver the full measure of ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 9 March, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: March 8th, President Joe Biden, The White House
Remarks by President Biden in State of the Union Address MARCH 02, 2022 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS U.S. Capitol Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2022) 9:08 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, and our First Lady and Second Gentleman, members of Congress and the Cabinet, Justices of the Supreme Court, my fellow Americans: ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 3 March, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: President Joe Biden, State of the Union, U.S. Capitol
The leaders of the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States condemn Putin’s war of choice and attacks on the sovereign nation and people of Ukraine. We stand with the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people in their heroic efforts to resist Russia’s invasion.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 28 February, 2022 | Topics: News | Tags: European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, President Joe Biden, President Vladimir Putin, russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Statement by President Biden on Russia’s Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine FEBRUARY 23, 2022 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces. President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 24 February, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: Attack, President Joe Biden, President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine
Yesterday, Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of Ukraine as independent states and he bizarrely asserted that these regions are no longer part of Ukraine and their sovereign territory. To put it simply, Russia just announced that it is carving out a big chunk of Ukraine.
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 24 February, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: President Joe Biden, President Vladimir Putin, Remarks, russia, Ukraine
A Proclamation on National Black History Month, 2022 JANUARY 31, 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS Each February, National Black History Month serves as both a celebration and a powerful reminder that Black history is American history, Black culture is American culture, and Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America — our faults, our struggles, ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 2 February, 2022 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: Black History Month, President Joe Biden, The White House
The White House Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Releases Additional Detail for Implementing a Safer, More Stringent International Air Travel System OCTOBER 25, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES As we continue to work to protect people from COVID-19, today, the Biden Administration is releasing additional detail around implementation of the new international air travel policy requiring foreign ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 27 October, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: Air Travel System, COVID-19, International air travel policy, President Joe Biden
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Measures on Cuba JULY 22, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES “The United States stands with the brave Cubans who have taken to the streets to oppose 62 years of repression under a communist regime.” President Biden The world watched on July 11 as tens of thousands of Cuban citizens marched in cities ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 26 July, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: cuba, President Joe Biden, Sanctions, The White House
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Continuing Crackdown in Cuba STATEMENTS AND RELEASES JULY 22, 2021 I unequivocally condemn the mass detentions and sham trials that are unjustly sentencing to prison those who dared to speak out in an effort to intimidate and threaten the Cuban people into silence. The Cuban people have ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 26 July, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: cuba, President Joe Biden, Statement
Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on Protests in Cuba The White House Briefing Room July 12, 2021 Statement and Releases We stand with the Cuban people and their clarion call for freedom and relief from the tragic grip of the pandemic and from the decades of repression and economic suffering to which they ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 12 July, 2021 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: cuba, freedom, President Joe Biden
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Allocation Plan for 55 Million Doses to be Shared Globally JUNE 21, 2021 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES These doses are the remaining part of the 80 million President Biden pledged to allocate by the end of June Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the distribution list for 55 million of ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 24 June, 2021 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: COVAX, COVID-19, President Joe Biden, Vaccines, Vice President Kamala Harris
The White House APRIL 14, 2021 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS Treaty Room 2:29 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I’m speaking to you today from the Roosevelt — the Treaty Room in the White House. The same spot where, on October of 2001, President George W. Bush informed our nation that the United States military ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 16 April, 2021 | Topics: News | Tags: Afghanistan, NATO, President Joe Biden, Terrorist, The White House, War
JANUARY 20, 2021 The United States Capitol 11:52 AM EST THE PRESIDENT: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope. Of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for ...
Read More» By U.S. Embassy Montevideo | 21 January, 2021 | Topics: News, President of the United States | Tags: Inauguration, President Joe Biden
