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President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou only took office on 1 March, and his centre-right government has prioritised combating violence and organised crime to improve public security.

The PIT-CNT called its mobilisation and partial work stoppage to protest in particular against labour reforms, which would make the occupation of workplaces and employer.

Should Talvi now withdraw his political support for the government, this could create governability problems for Lacalle Pou.

Lacalle Pou and his government now have to deliver on the contents of the reform, which span a wide range of areas including public security, education, and economic issues.

The episode adds to a growing number of violent incidents against law enforcement officials and security forces in Uruguay.

The president sparked speculation that Talvi could turn on Lacalle Pou and seek to undermine the PC’s support for his administration.

Clearing the way for certain magistrates to act with total impunity driven on by a chorus interested only in revenge.

Uruguay is poised to perform reasonably well. The big headline is that the Covid-19 pandemic has been well contained.

The mobilisation will also be in rejection of the form and content of the LUC, which the PIT-CNT opposes on many points and which it deems to be undermining democracy.

Uruguay’s legislative assembly building to demonstrate against a far-reaching reform bill sent to congress by President Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou.

Uruguay announced a tightening of controls on the border with Brazil, part of preventative protocols to avoid the importation of coronavirus cases from Brazil.

A political truce between Uruguay’s government and opposition is over. The cause? A far-reaching reform bill, including economic, education, and public security issues,

Uruguay is having to wrestle not only with the most serious public health crisis of the last century but also one which will have a far-reaching economic impact.

Fernández announced economic measures, a judicial reform, and became the first Argentina head of state to issue a call to legalise abortion.

The defence minister relieved the commander of the navy, Marcos Saralegui, of command on 3 June after a triple homicide which shocked Uruguay.

Latin American shock by the coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic. The polling company Ipsos has completed a survey of attitudes to crisis.

The episode adds to a growing number of violent incidents against law enforcement officials and security forces in Uruguay, strengthening the resolve of the government to adopt a tougher stance on crime.

The global nature of the coronavirus pandemic has both highlighted the importance of international cooperation and prompted a retreat into nationalism by governments struggling to meet the needs of their health systems. Brazil and the Southern Cone countries have not been exempt from this trend.

Uruguayan anti-narcotics authorities were delivered two massive cocaine seizures, together totalling around six tonnes (t). This aptly rounded off a year of important drug seizures, during which a total 12t of cocaine were confiscated according to national daily El País.

IMF has delivered a slightly mixed endorsement of the Uruguayan economy. It has praised the country for its enviable characteristics which include political stability,