Tag: Gualeguaychu

• Thursday, May 20th 2010 - 06:55 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina meet next June 2nd; Uruguay to complain trade restrictions

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will meet with Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner next June 2nd at the Uruguayan presidential farm in Anchorena, a 15 minutes helicopter ride from Buenos Aires, announced Wednesday Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luis Almagro.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:44 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court Judge says Botnia Pickets are “Illicit, but not Illegal”

  

  An Argentine Supreme Court Judge has said that the pickets blocking an international bridge linking neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay to protest the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side are “illicit but not illegal”.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner and Mujica Agree to Re-Channel Bilateral Relations

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José “Pepe” Mujica said on Wednesday they will be working to “re-channel” bilateral relations and will strictly abide the ruling of the Botnia paper mill case.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina Meet to Trade Apologies, Pickets and an Inconvenient Situation

  

  Uruguay and Argentine presidents will be meeting Wednesday in Buenos Aires to analyze the aftermath of the International Court of Justice judgement on the pulp mills controversy and hopefully find a way, to peacefully lift Argentine protestors’ pickets that have been blocking since 2006 a bridge linking the neighbouring countries.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 06:21 UTC

  Pulp Mill Dispute: Protest and Counter Protest on Both Sides of the River Uruguay

  

  Angry protestors from Argentina marched Sunday on to the bridge linking with Uruguay to express their disenchantment with the recent international court judgement on the pulp mill dispute, which confirmed the mill does not pollute and there’s no sufficient evidence for re-location or damages’ compensation as demanded by Argentine environmentalists.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:23 UTC

  Taiana calls Gualeguaychú activists to reconsider position and lift pickets

  

  Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana called on Gualeguaychú activists that keep international San Martín bridge blocked for more than three years to “reconsider their ways of action, mostly after the International Court of Justice ruling”.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:20 UTC

  Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner to address “bi-national relations and pickets”

  

  “There are no miracles; we feel cool about the decision”, said Uruguayan president Jose Mujica following the International Court of Justice ruling which means there will be no relocation of the Orion pulp mill which besides does not contaminate, as was claimed by Argentina when it presented its case back in 2006.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay’s and Argentina celebrate Court’s ruling on pulp mill dispute

  

  Much as was anticipated, Uruguay and Argentina celebrated as favourable the ruling of the International court of Justice regarding a long standing pulp mills dispute, while environmentalists were totally disappointed and promised to continue and intensify their protests and pickets.