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Cecilia Saiz, a Uruguayan chemist, was honored with the 'For Women in Science' award by L'Oréal and UNESCO for her innovative work in crop parasite elimination, spotlighting the critical role of women in scientific breakthroughs and environmental conservation.
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou announced Friday that Armando Castaingdebat would take over the Defense Ministry from Javier García on March 4, when the latter is scheduled to resign in a move to return to his Parliamentarian duties with this year's elections in sight. Social Development Minister Martín Lema is also to resign that day but a replacement is yet to be chosen.
Thanks to the IAEA’s Rays of Hope initiative, Uruguay will be better equipped to prevent and treat cancer. In his first official visit to Uruguay, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced on Tuesday that Uruguay will receive five mammography machines and a linear accelerator through the IAEA’s flagship cancer initiative.
The Uruguayan Air Force's Lockheed C-130 Hercules FAU 594 carrying President Luis Lacalle Pou and his children landed at the South American country's Artigas Base (BCAA) in Antarctica on Tuesday. 'After 30 years, I have returned to Antarctica. The Artigas base houses military and civilians who work side by side,' Lacalle wrote on social networks.
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou said Thursday that this might change foreign relations with Javier Milei's government in Argentina: 'We have not been lucky in foreign relations' but, with the Libertarian leader, 'the region is changing and we are going to take advantage of it,' Lacalle stressed.