Orsi consults Uruguay’s parties on Cuba, peace and the agenda he will take to the U.N.

Uruguay’s international policy should not be improvised in a world that has “been left without rules,” according to Frente Amplio leader Fernando Pereira, who met President Yamandú Orsi as the president prepares for the United Nations General Assembly.

Pereira said the parties should agree on a common way to act internationally. He also urged Orsi to send a message of solidarity to Cuba, arguing that the Cuban people should be able to receive fuel and food without the blockade that he called “absolutely condemnable.” He said Uruguay had opposed noninterference for decades, including under governments that did not support the Cuban Revolution or Fidel Castro’s government.

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International policy is very serious, much more so in a world that has been left without rules.

Opposition Colorado Party secretary-general Andrés Ojeda focused on three specific events surrounding the General Assembly. These include a meeting with investment funds about Uruguay, a gathering called by Chile’s president on coordinating the fight against organized crime, and a meeting of presidents on the future of artificial intelligence.

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Remaining a continent of peace is a fundamental issue.

Orsi had initially planned a single meeting with representatives of all parties, but instead invited them separately. Meetings with the Colorado Party, Independent Party and Cabildo Abierto took place on Friday, while talks with National Party president Álvaro Delgado were expected later in the week.

Orsi defended the one-on-one format, saying international policy involved “extremely complex issues” where back-and-forth discussion was essential. He said the parties were not far apart in how they wanted Uruguay to project itself abroad. In his first U.N. address, in September 2025, Orsi warned that the gap between the richest and those suffering most was widening and said Uruguay wanted to help promote stability and peace in an increasingly turbulent and challenging world.

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These are extremely complex issues in international policy, where back-and-forth discussion is essential. We are not so far apart; in our aim abroad, we are not so far apart. That is good.