Noticias sobre Uruguay
IDB approves $78.75 million for urban upgrading program in Uruguay
The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Development Bank has approved $78.75 million in financing for an urban upgrading program in Uruguay, with a strong focus on expanding access to water, sanitation, and drainage services in vulnerable neighborhoods.
ECLAC warns: Latin America undervalues water despite having the world’s largest water reserves
Latin America has more fresh water per capita than any other region on Earth.
São Paulo faces water crisis as drought drains reservoirs
São Paulo, Brazil's megalopolis and Latin America's most populous urban area, is facing a severe water crisis as the region experiences the lowest rainfall in a decade, causing its main reservoir to shrink into mere streams surrounded by cracked earth.
How digitalization is reshaping agriculture in an era of drought and flood
The accelerating toll of extreme weather on agriculture is laid bare in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ latest flagship report, The Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security 2025.
Sacyr secures US$250 million credit line from CAF
CAF, the development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sacyr have signed an agreement establishing a credit line of up to USD 250 million to partially finance the Sacyr Group’s investments in CAF shareholder countries.
Non-revenue water in LATAM: The role of AI in cutting water losses
Water leaks in Latin America are a huge problem for the region.
Argentina to open tender for privatizing waterway with a 30-year concession
The Argentine government announced on Tuesday its plan to launch a national and international public tender to privatize the country’s waterway through a 30-year concession, reports Reuters.
FONPLATA approves a US$325 million loan for sanitation works in Uruguay
The USD 325 million loan agreement for the project “Universal Sanitation in Uruguay” was signed on Tuesday, April 9, in Montevideo, with the presence of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Azucena Arbeleche, the President of OSE, Raúl Montero, and FONPLATA’s Executive President, Luciana Botafogo.
“There is always an investor willing to put money to work in a performing asset”
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) recently announced the closure of financings of close to $1 billion for two water assets in Chile: the Aconcagua desalination plant and pipeline, which will reduce inland water use by industry and thus help to mitigate water scarcity.
World Water Day 2024: Water as a conflict trigger and a tool for peace
Water plays a critical dual role in promoting peace and triggering conflicts on a global scale.
CAF issues bonds in Uruguay to fund water infrastructure project
The subscription was made through the Montevideo Stock Exchange for 2,000 million Indexed Units (UI), equivalent to some US$ 300 million, which will be used, among other things, to finance the Arazatí project.
Empowering transboundary water governance with Decision Support Systems
Transboundary water governance presents complexities and uncertainties surpassing those of national water governance due to the involvement of diverse actors, interests, and interconnected environmental, socio-economic, cultural, and political processes.
“In the future, circularity, recovery of nutrients and energy from wastewater will be crucial”
Wastewater treatment comes with challenges and opportunities.
2023 shatters climate records, with major impacts
2023 has shattered climate records, accompanied by extreme weather which has left a trail of devastation and despair, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Data centers ‘straining water resources’ as AI swells
For the past 19 years, Felix Adebayo has called Balarabe Musa Crescent in Victoria Island, an affluent area within Nigeria's bustling Lagos city, his home.
Uruguay announces end of water emergency in Montevideo
The government of Uruguay announced last week the end of the water emergency in the capital and its nearby regions, reports Phys.org.
Panama is the first Latin American country to join UN Water Convention
By becoming the first country from Latin America to accede to the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), Panama made a decisive step to support the sustainable use of transboundary water resources through cooperation across borders.
Exceptional heat and rain, wildfires and floods mark summer of extremes
Dangerous weather – intense heat and devastating rainfall – has impacted large parts of the Northern hemisphere in this summer of extremes, causing major damage to the people’s health and the environment.
Drought in Uruguay leaves millions struggling with unsafe tap water
Over half of Uruguay's 3.5 million citizens are facing the harsh reality of not having access to safe drinking water, and this dire situation could persist for months to come, reports The Guardian.
EU to invest 45 billion euros in Latin America and Caribbean
During the EU – Latin America and the Caribbean Business Roundtable, organized by CAF, the European Commission and the IDB, Ursula Von der Leyen announced the investment of 45,000 million euros in the region.