x     Uruguay's Environment Minister, Edgardo Ortuño, said the ministry will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into environmental controls and push for a new environmental-crimes law, among the priorities he outlined ahead of the budget review (Rendición de Cuentas) that the Executive will present to Parliament on June 30. ¡ In an interview with Montevideo Portal, Ortuño explained that the ministry seeks to strengthen the incorporation of technology to “improve the capacity for