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Monday, Aug. 24, 2026 · morning edition, updated 8:10 a.m.
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Montevideo today
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39°
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11°
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Mainly clear
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Uruguay, reported and translated into English
The dollar
40,40
pesos · buy 40,00
Morning edition
Evening edition
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Weather
10° / 5°C · 50° / 41°F
Feels 7°C · 45°F. No rain.
Open today
Open
Monday — last working day before the holiday.
Dollar
40,00 / 40,40
buy / sell · 41 casas.
Buses
1,092 on 125 lines
8:10 a.m. · no stoppage called.
Top of the news
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United States · unresolved
A U.S. court struck down the visa suspension that covered Uruguay — and there is still no consular notice
A federal court annulled the immigrant-visa suspension that reached 75 countries, Uruguay among them. Nothing official has followed here.
la diaria · translated · 3 min
What it means
A United States federal court has annulled the suspension of immigrant visas that applied to nationals of 75 countries, Uruguay included, la diaria reported. The suspension had been one of the measures foreign residents with U.S. family or green-card cases were watching most closely.
As of this morning there is no consular or State Department notice confirming what the ruling changes in practice, and whether the government will appeal or seek a stay is not established. The report is based on the court decision, not on any statement from a U.S. mission in Montevideo.
What it means
If you have a U.S. green-card or immigrant-visa case, this is the loose end most worth watching — but do not act on it until a consular notice exists. A ruling that is stayed on appeal changes nothing at the counter.
la diaria, Aug. 24. No primary U.S. government source; the embassy site refuses automated access.
Read more at la diaria
Practical · energy
The bottled-gas union has called a partial strike — check your supergás before the week starts
The supergás union announced a mobilization and a partial stoppage, and has asked to meet the industry ministry and the state oil company.
Subrayado · translated · 2 min
What it means
The union representing supergás workers — the bottled gas that many Montevideo households use for cooking and hot water — announced a mobilization and a partial stoppage, and requested a meeting with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM) and the state energy company ANCAP.
No date for a full cut to distribution has been set, and the announcement is a negotiating step rather than a service halt today.
What it means
Nothing changes on the doorstep this morning, but if you heat or cook with a garrafa (a gas cylinder), this is the week to make sure you are not about to run out. A partial stoppage slows refills before it stops them.
Subrayado, Aug. 24.
Read more at Subrayado
Security
The government says the rise in homicides was addressed "immediately" and the trend will change
Interior official Gabriela Valverde responded to figures showing homicides up, saying the response began at once and a reversal is coming.
la diaria · translated · 2 min
What it means
Responding to figures showing an increase in homicides, the interior official Gabriela Valverde said the matter was addressed «inmediatamente» — “immediately” — and that there would be «un cambio en la tendencia», “a change in the trend.”
The statement is a claim about direction, not a set of numbers; the figures behind it, and whether the promised reversal materialises, are what the coming months will test.
What it means
Read this as the government's framing rather than an established fact. Security is the issue most likely to shape the political year, and "a change in the trend" is a forecast that will be checked against the next quarterly figures.
la diaria, Aug. 24.
Read more at la diaria
Labour · industry
Uruguay's only industrial brewer is negotiating 80 job cuts — or ending production
Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza is in talks with the government and the union over a restructuring that would cut 80 jobs or halt production.
MercoPress · English · 2 min
What it means
Fábricas Nacionales de Cerveza (FNC), the country's only industrial beer producer, is negotiating with the government and the trade union a restructuring that would either cut about 80 jobs or end production altogether, MercoPress reported.
It is the latest in a run of industrial conflicts — the Tacuarembó meatpacking plant and the Minas cement works among them — that have run through the interior and the manufacturing sector this month.
What it means
One firm's restructuring is not an economy-wide signal, but three industrial disputes in a month is a pattern worth watching, and this one touches a brand every resident knows.
MercoPress, Aug. 22.
Read more at MercoPress
For foreigners & immigrants
Every item says what it means for you
United States · what to do
What the visa ruling means if you have a case in train
The short version, and the one thing not to do yet.
Summary · not legal advice · 2 min
What it means
The court decision reported today removes, on paper, the suspension that had frozen immigrant-visa processing for nationals of 75 countries including Uruguay. In practice, consular processing changes when the consulate says it changes — and no such notice has appeared.
If you are mid-process, the sensible step is to keep your file current and watch the U.S. mission's own channels, not press coverage, for the operative notice.
What it means
Do not pay a fee, book travel, or abandon a contingency plan on the strength of a court ruling that may still be appealed. Wait for the consulate. This is a summary of press reporting, not legal advice — an immigration lawyer is the right call for your specific case.
Based on la diaria's report of the ruling; no consular notice exists as of this edition.
Read more at la diaria
Tonight · the city
Noche de la Nostalgia is tonight — more than 100 shows cleared, and the city runs an operation until dawn
The Aug. 24 night out is a national institution. It is not a holiday, but tomorrow is.
Montevideo Portal · translated · 2 min
What it means
The Intendencia has authorised more than 100 shows for Noche de la Nostalgia — Nostalgia Night, the Aug. 24 evening when the whole country goes out to hear old music — and cited some 20 events for operating outside the rules. City and police operations run into Tuesday's dawn.
Tonight is not a public holiday. Tuesday, Aug. 25, is: the Declaratoria de la Independencia, a feriado no laborable, when offices, banks and most businesses close.
What it means
If you are new here: expect a loud, late night, plan transport home in advance, and do not count on getting anything official done tomorrow. Today is the last working day before the double closure — banks are also shut again Wednesday.
Montevideo Portal, Aug. 24.
Read more at Montevideo Portal
Tax · deadline
IRPF is due Aug. 31, and today is the last banking day before the calendar closes up
Tuesday is a national holiday and Wednesday a bank holiday. Do the arithmetic before you plan the errand.
DGI · summary, not tax advice · 2 min
What it means
The 2025 IRPF return and its first instalment fall on Monday, Aug. 31. With Tuesday a national holiday and Wednesday a bank holiday, the working days left are today, Thursday the 27th, Friday the 28th and the 31st itself.
The newer IRPF categories for foreign-source capital income took effect on Jan. 1, 2026 and do not touch the return due this month, which covers 2025.
What it means
If anything you need involves a bank counter rather than an online payment, today is the one that matters. And if you have foreign investment income, the rules that worry you do not apply to this filing.
Dirección General Impositiva. Summary, not tax advice.
Read more at gub.uy
Following — threads we keep open
The FNC brewer restructuring
Eighty jobs or the end of production, in negotiation now.
The talks involve the government, the union and the company. Watch whether it reaches the Ministry of Labour this week.
MercoPress.
Read more at MercoPress
The supergás dispute
A partial stoppage announced; a meeting sought with MIEM and ANCAP.
No full distribution cut is scheduled. The meeting request is the next step to watch.
Subrayado.
Read more at Subrayado
Homicides and the government's response
The interior ministry promises a change in the trend; the figures will tell.
Valverde's statement is a claim about direction. The next quarterly crime figures are the test.
la diaria.
Read more at la diaria
Uruguay in the world press
What is being said about here, elsewhere
MercoPress
Progressive leaders meet in Montevideo, denounce U.S. interference and admit their own mistakes
The English wire covering Uruguay most consistently, written from Montevideo. Its framing of the Pan-American Congress is the outward-facing version of a story la diaria covers from inside the room.
Read at MercoPress
MercoPress
Orsi meets Buenos Aires governor Kicillof, agrees to cooperate on food and science
Cross-river politics that rarely reaches English-language readers. Worth reading against how the Argentine press frames the same meeting.
Read at MercoPress
Worth knowing
A federal U.S. court annulled the immigrant-visa suspension covering 75 countries including Uruguay; no consular notice has followed.
la diaria
The supergás union announced a partial stoppage and asked to meet MIEM and ANCAP — check your gas cylinder this week.
Subrayado
Noche de la Nostalgia is tonight, with 100-plus shows cleared; Tuesday is the Declaratoria holiday and banks shut again Wednesday.
Montevideo Portal
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was recorded in Florida department — the second of its kind there in about eighteen months.
Subrayado
The body of Matías Pereda, missing at the port of Punta del Este, was found in the water.
Montevideo Portal
The housing ministry (MVOT) has posted a job paying nearly $100,000 a month; requirements and how to apply are published.
Montevideo Portal
Montevideo today
High / low10° / 5°C · 50° / 41°F
Feels like7° / 1°C · 45° / 34°F
SkyPartly cloudy, mist at night
WindSW–S 20–30 km/h · 12–19 mph
RainNone forecast
Mon., Aug. 2411° / 3°C · 52° / 37°F
Tue., Aug. 2514° / 2°C · 57° / 36°F
Wed., Aug. 2621° / 10°C · 70° / 50°F
Frost at dawn Monday and Tuesday. Ice on rural roads inland and north.
Six services agree on today
Inumet at 6 a.m., cross-checked against MetSul, INMET Brazil, Meteored, Climatempo and SMN Argentina. They part company on Tuesday — see the weather page.
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