Sources: AFP via Google News
Argentine President Alberto Fernández orders the payment of a compensation of $861,860 dollars for the abduction and torture of an Uruguayan couple in 1976 after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned Argentina for the first time over its failure to investigate and compensate crimes that occurred during its last military dictatorship. 2023-04-28
At midnight, terrestrial transport between Argentina and Uruguay reopens as buses resume service to border crossings between the two countries. Both countries require a proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in order to board the buses and enter both countries. 2021-12-11
After seeing a slight increase in the number of cases and deaths, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina intensify their vaccination rollouts. Chile has reported 37,719 total deaths from COVID-19 while Argentina has reported 115,916 total deaths from COVID-19. 2021-10-29
Brazilian Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes announces that the full members of Mercosur—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay—are negotiating a free trade deal with the United States. 2019-07-31
Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie announces that the European Union and Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay achieved a breakthrough in free-trade talks after 20 years. 2019-06-28
A massive blackout hits Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil, leaving millions without power. 2019-06-16
The Senate of Uruguay votes 23–8 to legalize same-sex marriage. [http:--abcnews.go.com-International-wireStory-uruguays-senate-debates-legalizing-gay-marriage-18863193 (AP via ABC News)]date=August 2019 2013-04-2
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay agree to close their ports to ships flying the flag of the Falkland Islands at a Mercosur meeting; Argentina and the United Kingdom both claim the islands. 2011-12-21
Australian airlines QANTAS and Virgin Australia cancel flights to New Zealand and postpone flights to Argentina due to the continued presence of volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue eruption. 2011-06-16
The International Court of Justice in The Hague rules that Uruguay should have informed Argentina about its plans to build two paper mills on the banks of the River Uruguay, although it allows the one mill which was built to continue operating. 2010-04-20