Uruguay Chat

People write in from Salto, Paysandú, Maldonado and Punta del Este as much as from the capital: #uruguay is the room that puts the interior and Montevideo together. Worth knowing that Montevideo has its own, busier channel — if you specifically want people from the capital, go straight there. This one is the whole country.

Uruguay runs on UTC−3 and has not changed its clocks since 2015, when daylight saving was dropped. That pins it to Argentina and Brazil, and puts it four to five hours behind Spain depending on the season. The room fills up at night, between 9pm and 1am local time, which is also when Argentines are around: a good share of what you read here is River Plate Spanish, with the same voseo on both banks.

Football comes first, and in Uruguay that means Peñarol and Nacional, who have met in the clásico since 1900, plus the national side during qualifiers. After that: music, the weather, summer plans on the coast — January empties half the room towards Maldonado and Rocha — and the usual questions about moving, work and paperwork. Ciudad de la Costa and the rest are at Uruguay rooms.