Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay 2030 FIFA World Cup bid

[16] The inclusion of Paraguay as a host had previously been opposed by key Uruguayan Football Association official Wilmar Valdéz and President Tabaré Vázquez.

[17][18] On 14 February 2019, Chilean president Sebastián Piñera announced on his Twitter account that Chile will join the CONMEBOL bid and plans to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

[19] Finally, on 7 February 2023, the 4 federations officially launched the joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

[10] While the Iniciativa 2030 commission continues to work on the project,[20] in June 2018 the Uruguayan Post Office launched some stamps about this bid,[21] promoting the candidacy for the 2030 World Cup.

[24] They did different activities to publicize the candidacy, and in that way they presented a photographic and film exhibition of the 1930 World Cup, played in Uruguay.

During the celebration of the Copa América 2019, held in Brazil, the spot and the official posters of the candidacy were released, with a presentation made by Conmebol, which exhibited them at all times.

[26] CONMEBOL also invested two million dollars in various reforms in the Centenario stadium, to take advantage of the occasion and promote the re-launch of the South American candidacy.

The Uruguayan Secretary of National Sports, Sebastián Bauzá, said in October 2021 that, despite the break, the spirit of winning the venue remains "unaltered".

[29] There are no specific details of the venues that will be proposed by the Uruguay-Argentina, Uruguay-Argentina-Paraguay or Uruguay-Argentina-Paraguay-Chile bid, but according to the statements, some information can be deduced.

[31] Also a new stadium in Santiago del Estero, the Estadio Único Madre de Ciudades was built for the candidature.

[32][33][34][35] In October 2017, an official councilor from Mar del Plata proposed to start a process so that the city could be declared as an Argentine sub-venue for the event.

For this reason, the Paraguayan intention is to provide two venues and argue their inclusion in order to ensure the success of the candidacy.

[30] Like the Uruguayan case with Montevideo, Paraguay must receive the authorization of FIFA for that the sub-office in Asunción can provide two stadiums for the candidature.

According to the former president of the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), Wilmar Valdez, Uruguay will have only two cities hosting matches, which will be Montevideo and Maldonado.

[45] According to the president of the AUF, Wilmar Valdez, the stadium of Peñarol (Estadio Campeón del Siglo) will not be taken into account due to its accessibility problems.

While some have supported the bid for its symbolic return to where the World Cup started, there has been some concern about both the economic and security situation in South America.

A graphical representation of the shirts worn by Luis Suárez and Lionel Messi to promote the bid