Montevideo woke up to 10 degrees Celsius (49 Fahrenheit) but a feels-like of just 6 C (43 F) under an 18 km/h (11 mph) wind and 83% humidity. Today's high only reaches 15 C/59 F, with a low of 7 C/45 F and about 1 millimeter of drizzle; Punta del Este runs a touch milder at the extremes (6-17 C / 44-63 F) but windier, with its own light drizzle today.

Thursday brings the wettest stretch of the week: Montevideo picks up roughly 3.7 mm of rain, while Punta del Este could see a proper thunderstorm with close to 28.5 mm (1.1 inches) and gusty wind. After that the pattern flips to dry and overcast from Friday through the following Monday, with highs stuck in the 11-13 C (52-55 F) range and lows dipping toward 8-10 C (46-50 F) — no rain in the six-day outlook past Thursday.

Inumet (the state weather service) currently has no active weather warnings or advisories in effect, and nothing from Brazil's border-area alerts suggests a bigger system is bearing down on the litoral this week.

Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, three unrelated homicides were recorded across Montevideo, all involving young male victims killed by multiple gunshots. The first, around 9:30 p.m. Monday in Piedras Blancas, saw a 25-year-old attacked with gunfire in the street; he made it to his stepfather's house before dying in a bedroom.

The string of killings fits a grim pattern this year: the first half of 2026 closed with 195 homicides nationwide, the highest tally for that period since 2018, with three out of every four killings carried out with a firearm and gunshot injuries up 7.4%.

President Yamandu Orsi was asked about a formal complaint the opposition filed against Defense Minister Sandra Lazo over the Cardama affair, and gave the minister his full backing.

The case centers on the government's decision to scrap a contract with the Spanish shipyard Cardama for two oceanic patrol vessels for the Navy, after officials said they detected strong indications the Uruguayan state may have been the victim of fraud. State bank BROU, which issued the letter of credit financing the deal and already disbursed millions of euros to the shipyard, has separately defended its own handling of the payments.

A quarterly poll from pollster Opción found disapproval of President Yamandu Orsi's government has risen to 57%, a notable jump reported in the run-up to the current budget and defense-spending controversies.

The figure adds political pressure just as the Cardama case and coalition attacks on Defense Minister Lazo dominate headlines.

American Airlines will resume its seasonal nonstop service between Montevideo and Miami starting in December, restoring a direct link that had lapsed outside the peak season.

Argentine outbound travel fell 21.2% compared with the prior period, according to new data, with Brazil and Uruguay emerging as the leading destinations for the trips that are still happening.

The National Institute of Animal Welfare (INBA), which fields hundreds of animal-cruelty complaints a month, is pushing a reform included in the government's annual budget review bill to make its fines actually collectible after years of enforcement trouble.

INBA's president told local media the plan would decentralize the institute from the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries and create a dedicated funding mechanism, giving the small agency more independence and resources to chase down unpaid penalties.

The Institute for the Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA) confirmed new pharmacy prices effective Aug. 1: Alfa rose from 485 to 500 pesos, Beta from 505 to 510, Gamma from 565 to 580 and Epsilon from 615 to 630 pesos per unit.

The increase lands on a fast-growing system: as of the last full count, 120,083 people were registered to access cannabis legally through pharmacies, cannabis clubs or home cultivation, with pharmacy purchasers alone making up about 74% of that total across a network of 60 dispensing pharmacies nationwide.