Our Scans · Uruguay · Weekly Summary

• [New] In New Zealand, a proposed bill will introduce protected termination discussions between employers and employees, while Uruguay is considering a significant shift towards requiring notice and justification for dismissals, alongside greater trade union involvement. Lewis Silkin
• [New] Major global trade changes for 2025-2026 include higher projected corn exports for India, Russia and South Africa with reductions for Pakistan and Uruguay. AgriNews
• BTG Pactual's Timberland Investment Group illustrates the Latin America opportunity: a reforestation strategy targeting 300,000 hectares of degraded land across Brazil, Uruguay, and Chile, balancing ecological restoration with commercial returns. I4N - Innovate for Nature
• El Nino typically brings heavier rains and flooding risk to Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, but below-normal rainfall to Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Bolivia, eastern Peru, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Zero Carbon Analytics
• Impacts split asymmetrically: northern Brazil, the Amazon, Pantanal and Central America face drought; southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina face flooding; Ecuador and Peru face combined coastal flood and inland drought risk. The Rio Times
• Respondents including Brazil and Uruguay highlighted that the rising usage of digital technology, including AI, may exacerbate the risk of financial exclusion for consumers with low digital capability. OECD
• South America, particularly Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, is mentioned as a preferable option due to their welcoming populations, residency opportunities based on income, savings, or property investments, and lack of nuclear missile threats. Glasp
• Uruguay and Brazil are preparing comparable measures that will require due diligence and regular reporting to supervisory authorities. MEXC
• In Uruguay, slower capacity growth will see its total having reached 1.8 GW by 2032. Windpower Monthly
• The United States had the highest absolute number (n = 2938; 8.6 pmp), and Uruguay the highest pmp rate of waitlisted patients for HTx. LWW
• Argentina and Uruguay: Exports forecast to increase in 2026-27 due to increased import demand from China, with allocated quota much higher than 2025 export levels from both countries. Beef Central
• While Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile will keep their budgets unchanged, Peru and Brazil will experience slight decreases. Noticias Ambientales
• Elsewhere across South America, key frontier wells could be drilled in deepwater Uruguay and offshore Peru. Splash247

Last updated: 25 June 2026