2020 in Uruguay

←

2020
in
Uruguay

→

Decades:

2000s
2010s
2020s

See also:

Events in the year 2020 in Uruguay.

Incumbents

President: Tabaré Vázquez (until 1 March) - Luis Lacalle Pou (starting 1 March)
Vice President: Lucía Topolansky (until 1 March) - Beatriz Argimón (starting 1 March)

Events

27 January – 2 February – The tennis tournament 2020 Punta Open was held in Punta del Este.[1]
1 March – Luis Lacalle Pou took office as President of the Republic.[2]
10 March – Uruguay left the Union of South American Nations.[3]
13 March – First four cases of COVID-19 were confirmed.[4]
24 July – 9 August – Uruguay was scheduled to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, having qualified in sailing.[5]

Ongoing events

COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay

Deaths

Federico García Vigil

17 January – Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1953).[6]
11 February – Carlos Julio Pereyra, politician (b. 1922).[7]
20 May – Juan Justo Amaro, politician (b. 1930).[8]
27 May – Federico García Vigil, composer and conductor (b. 1941).[9]
4 August – Alberto Zumarán, politician (b. 1940).[10]
10 August – Jacobo Langsner, playwright (b. 1927).[11]

References

Observador, El. "Así les fue a los uruguayos en el Punta Open". El Observador. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
"Uruguay: Luis Lacalle Pou takes office as new president | Video Ruptly". www.ruptly.tv. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Uruguay se retira de la UNASUR y retorna al TIAR | DW | 11.03.2020". DW.COM (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-12-02.
Reuters Staff (2020-03-13). "Uruguay announces first four confirmed cases of coronavirus - ministry". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
"Dane, Belgium win Laser Radial Worlds". sailingscuttlebutt.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
"Falleció el obispo de Salto, Mons. Fernando Gil Eisner". republica.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
"Carlos Julio Pereyra passes away, aged 97". El País (in Spanish). 9 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
"Murió Juan Justo Amaro, quien fuera senador, diputado e intendente colorado". elpais.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
"A los 79 años murió el maestro Federico García Vigil". tvshow.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
"Falleció el histórico dirigente del Partido Nacional, Alberto Zumarán". montevideo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
"A los 93 años, murió Jacobo Langsner, el creador de "Esperando la carroza"". infobae.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2020.

Years in Uruguay (1825–present)
19th century	Pre-1820s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2020 in South America
Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela
Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.