Argentina says Uruguay should be grateful for all the investments and jobs created
Relations with the Uruguayan government couldn’t be better, with no obstacles ahead, and much of the success of the Uruguayan economy is influenced by Argentina, said ambassador in Montevideo Dante Dovena.
“Investments in construction is formidable and have grown to historic levels; investment in farmland and real estate in Uruguay, investment in tourism, with record number of tourists and spending, this all comes with a great boost from the Argentines”, said the Argentine ambassador during a meeting with the Montevideo press.
He added that they are all positive signals, real investment, not promises, “this is very good and must be shown as something absolutely positive” in the bilateral relation which has no obstacles ahead.
Dovena added that the recently released unemployment index of Uruguay, 5.3% also has a great influence from Argentina: “on the one side the investors who generate jobs in Uruguay but also the many Uruguayans living and working in Argentina and thus not unemployed in Uruguay”.
The Argentine ambassador added that “we have 400.000 Uruguayans documented in Argentina. Several thousands that come and go, I guess we can talk of a million, and the jobless rate in Uruguay is extremely low, thank God and thank Argentina. If the whole million Uruguayans where here (in Uruguay), things would be quite different”.
Something similar happens with Bolivia: “their unemployment situation is contained because many of them are working in Argentina”, insisted Dovena.
When asked about recent criticisms to Argentina, particularly from Vice president Danilo Astori who openly and in private has questioned the Cristina Fernandez administration attitude in several fields, in spite of the “good political relation”, Dovena was caustic and said they are ‘ill informed’.
“They ignore that other sectors of government are working. If you take into account the 2010 agenda when the summit in Anchorena (Colonia, Uruguay) you will see how much has been advanced and not only in affection and political coincidences. There are concrete issues such as the dredging of the River Plate, of the Martin Garcia canal and of the River Uruguay”, pointed out the Argentine diplomat.
Dovena said that the changes in Argentine trade policy are not geared to affect or impact Uruguay or the region rather on the contrary there will be exceptions for those countries.
However Dovena cautioned that the liberation of non automatic licences for imports from Uruguay has been generous, but “we won’t let through any product manufactured in the Far East which is re-labelled as if Uruguayan and we know how to detect them”.
In those countries there is dumping, there is slave work and they turn political prisoners into cheap labour, “Argentina will never accept this”.
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Sounds like the justification of a wife beating Argie
In a sense they should. Try asking someone from Punta del Este how they would do if suddenly no Argentines went there.
“Try asking someone from Punta del Este how they would do if suddenly no Argentines went there”
I am a Brit and live on the east coast of Uruguay and see the Argentines coming to their houses. My next door neighbours are Argentinian and very nice people, but this year (I am told) it has been difficult because of the embargo on the USD.
No-one wants the Pesos, they are worthless because they cannot be exchanged for dollars so a lot of the transactions are being done on credit cards to get around the problem.
I think the hypocrisy and condescension of the Ambassador is nothing short of breathaking. No wonder the Argentine people have a reputation for self-aggrandisement if this character is anything to go by.
“There are concrete issues such as the dredging of the River Plate, of the Martin Garcia canal and of the River Uruguay”, pointed out the Argentine diplomat.” There are indeed, all about Argentina dragging it's feet for years to stymie Uruguay to the point where bulkers are running aground in the channels and causing a week's delay for 100 other ships while a whole flotilla of tugs tried to pull it off. Either Dovena is poorly informed or is lying. The problem will worsen after this year if nothing is done because the new Panamax+ ships will be unable to get to the grain silos of Argentina to load.
Foolish, arrogant person.
Tourism has ups and dows. But in anycase they are dependant on Argentines going to Uruguay.
Be it difficult or not in the money issue, people will find a way, both Argentines and Uruguayans.
I know what you are saying about the infraestructure problem. We suffer it in Argentina too. The problem with the Rio Parana(and then de la Plata), is that its affluent, the Bermejo, carries a shit load of sands and sediments. It makes dragging a constant and expensive activity. And most of the sand banks are on our side, That's why Buenos Aires needs so much dragging.
I think that regarding the Panamax ships, Bahia Blanca will become a more important port, but railways will be needed.
Argentinans, mostky those from BA, resent that Uruguay is not one of their provinces.
Punta de Este is increasingly a destination for the whole world and depends on Argentinean being allowed to go there by their government less and less.
Sorry to tell you my “yorugua” neighbor but that is not true, we love Uruguay and we feel like home for obvious reasons, that's about it.
Saludos and enjoy your mate.
sounds like you want them as well .
No we just want the Islands. Uruguay is perfect as it is.
she will have to give an alternative,
you cant go on promising without coming up with the goods,
what do you mean? is not?? :-)
You are utterly failing at guessing my believes. I believe Uruguay is independent. We recognize so. We know it. If we ever call it to be part of Argentina is because ties and culture, nothing else. When was the last time an Argentine government claimed for Uruguay? 1825? I think you are a bit out of date.
Even allowing for the City of London's cut when investing the sovereign wealth fund it still means an awful lot of money to be spent upgrading facilities on the islands as well as investing elsewhere.
Falkland islanders know who their friends are in the region as well as in the UK and other British overseas territories.They will be becoming rich ' beyond their wildest dreams' just as the Argentina's 'economic miracle' implodes.
That will teach the wicked witch to throw her toys out of the pram. Argentina could have had a 50% cut under joint exploration agreements.
If there ever was a possibility of a British government trying to convince the islanders to accept Argentine sovereignty before there is absolutely zero chance now. The landscape has changed utterly just as it did at the time of the invasion.
The strongest guarantor of the islanders right to decide their own future is the British people. When Bliar tried to pressure the Gibraltarians into accepting joint sovereignty in return for a short term alliance with some Spanish politicos ,various Labour politicians ,notably Andrew Mackinley,
told him he would not get away with it ,either politically or with the British people.
The same thing applies to the Falklands but with gold plated knobs on.
What a pity for you then as you'll NEVER get OUR lslands.
People sometime ago said the earth was not round. They were proved wrong. In a future so you will.
they were wrong,
in time you will exept this.
You should read Rattenbach.
lf it makes you feel better, then you believe that.
I should still live like 70 years more if everything goes okay. It's quite sometime. If when I'm about to visit the bearded man I see the issue is still as impossible as it may seem now, then I'll give you the right.
Argentina has no rights,
Argentina will not get them,
As long as their is democracy,
Freedom of rights, and the ability to choose who governs you, then Argentina has more chance of flying to mars,
Its a none starter,
You will not get them,
Either now or in a 100 years from now,
Unless the imposable happens.
Oh, you can predict future? We have quite an individual commenting here.
lts not your right to give.
You have no rights here beyond tourist rights, like any other nationality.
l'd say that briton is more likely to be correct than you.
What all that has to do with giving you the right?
Mmm, maybe it's a bit too Spanglish.
Let's try another.
If all that... then I will agree with you.
Argentina cannot really be considered a democracy with the offending article in there constitution, only dictators do childish things like that,
The fact is, it does not matter how many support her,, she cannot have what she has never owned or administrated,
And besides Great Britain would never ever hand a democracy over to a dictatorship, it is an a impossibility,
Argentineans should tale a leaf out of the Arab spring, and get rid of her, then re-build Argentina into a country worthy of the name, step into the real world, and get the respect that you deserve, instead of being laughs at as a 4th world despot,
Get rid of her, and take your right full place in the world, before she drags you into the gutter .
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you can predict future
no more than you,
democracy -dictatorship,
feel free to choose,
your choice your opinion your country,
my choice my opinion , just an opinion .
It's a matter of hapiness. Are you happy or are you not? That's what a country life is about. Surely you can be more developed and live longer and be respected. But if that doesn't make you happy, what's the point?
If like when I have a new car. Sure, for a two months, three months I will be happy about it. Then it won't be the same.
I would prefer for all life to be poor and happy than rich and sad.
People tend to be happy today in Argentina. We have had so many reccessions and crisis and shit that we take it as daily stuff. Should that make us less happy? For god no. Many have been happier with less.
Shame on them!
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