Montevideo, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay looks like a banana republic, former President Jose Mujica deemed on Monday in view of the scandal in force here, after the delivery of a passport to drug trafficker Sebastian Marset.
Montevideo, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) The senator and leader of the Cabildo Abierto (CA) party, Guido Manini, asked President Luis Lacalle on Thursday for explanations about his responsibility in the scandal involving top government officials.
Francisco Bustillo Wednesday turned in his resignation as Foreign Minister of Uruguay after audios of a conversation he had with then Deputy-Foreign Minister Carolina Ache about internationally-wanted drug trafficker Sebastián Marset went viral, it was reported in Montevideo. President Luis Lacalle Pou is on an official trip to the United States as this crisis unfolds.
Carolina Ache Batlle Monday turned in her resignation as Uruguay s Deputy Foreign Minister following her involvement in the scandalous granting of a passport to well-known drug trafficker Sebastián Marset. On accepting her resignation, President Luis Lacalle Pou insisted he trusted the departing official.
Uruguayan opposition leader Fernando Pereira, president of the Broad Front (Frente Amplio - FA), Tuesday called for the resignation of Ministers Francisco Bustillo (Foreign Affairs) and Luis Alberto Heber (Interior) after high-ranking officials under both of them were allegedly involved in the controversial issuance of a passport to a notorious drug lord.