Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa met with executives of the Uruguayan Chamber of Information Technology (CUTI) to discuss the development of the sector, with issues that included the free movement of people to work in technology and related services, in the context of an area that sells abroad for 300 million dollars and employs 12,000 people, in a sector with zero unemployment that requires labor.
To further develop the sector, the Minister of Foreign Affairs together with the Undersecretary of the portfolio, José Luis Cancela and several diplomats, met with CUTI, at its headquarters of the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (Latu), where they exchanged ideas to lift trade barriers that may arise and promote the development of the industry through the Uruguayan diplomatic network.
One of the aspects highlighted by the minister at a press conference was the reduction of restrictions on work visas for Uruguayans. "Many times when you go to work in another country you go with a tourist visa, and after three months you have to leave the country where you are working, and jobs related to technology sometimes take more than three months," explained the minister.
In addition, he showed his commitment to support CUTI's talent search plan of between 4 and 8 thousand young people. "We need more Uruguayans working on this," he summarized.
For his part, the president of Cuti, Alvaro Lamé, explained that the technology industry sells to 55 countries with exports valued at about 300 million dollars, the first market being the United States (44%); it also exports to Japan and various Latin American countries.
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Source: Presidency
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