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Uruguay: Mujica on a most ambitious mission to China after investments for ports and railways

Wed, 22 May 2013 06:03:00 GMT

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica begins on Wednesday the longest and most ambitious of his overseas trips hoping to convince China to invest in infrastructure projects that are crucial for the development of the country and its foreign trade: a deep water port and recovering the rail cargo network.

Uruguay joins the women’s presidential club: Mujica flies to China and Astori to Colombia

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:56:00 GMT

For several days beginning Wednesday Uruguay, as its neighbours, Brazil and Argentina will be ruled by a woman. Lucia Topolansky, Fist Lady but also Senator and third in the succession line will become interim president since her husband is off on an official trip to China and Europe, and Vice-president Danilo Astori will be attending the Alliance of the Pacific summit in Colombia.

Argentina’s ‘autarkic project’ worsens bilateral relations and multiplies problems

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:51:00 GMT

In an interview with the Spanish government news agency EFE, Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said Argentina’s economic “autarkic project” “worsens” bilateral ties and “multiplies” trade troubles. Still, he ruled out pressures on Buenos Aires; “they won’t work,” he insisted.

Uruguay’s José Mujica lauds booming Brazil ties

Fri, 17 May 2013 06:26:00 GMT

By Jude Webber in Montevideo - The Financial Times has published a piece on Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and his view on the future and his government’s policy towards two powerful neighbors, Argentina and Brazil.

Uruguay awards French company contract for 1.2bn dollars re-gasification plant

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:24:00 GMT

Uruguay awarded French gas and power group GDF Suez SA a contract to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-gasification plant at an estimated cost of 1.125 billion dollars, the government said on Tuesday.

Change of policy? Obama hosts Chile and Peru presidents; Biden visits Brazil and Colombia

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:54:00 GMT

The White House announced that Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and Chile’s President Sebastian Piñera will travel to Washington in June and meet with President Barack Obama. The White House also said that Vice President Joe Biden’s next week will visit Brazil and Colombia with a stop in Trinidad and Tobago.

Stubbornly high inflation in Uruguay for another two years forecasts Capital Economics

Fri, 10 May 2013 06:30:00 GMT

Uruguay’s stubbornly high inflation is as much structural in nature as it is due cyclical factors and to bring it down requires changes in fiscal policy, tackling widespread salary indexation and policymakers need to enhance their credibility according to Capital Economics.

Maduro promises Uruguay permanent supply of oil and full Mercosur commitment

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:56:00 GMT

President Nicolas Maduro promised his Uruguayan counterpart Jose Mujica a “permanent” supply of petroleum from oil-rich Venezuela during the first leg of his visit to Mercosur member countries. Maduro also announced the signing of a strategic alliance in the energy sector with Uruguay.

Mujica wants to meet Pope Francis: social programs, housing and abortion in the agenda

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:54:00 GMT

Uruguay has formally requested Pope Francis to receive President Jose Mujica when he travels at the end of the month to China, Spain and Italy. Mujica is an agnostic and Uruguay is one of the few Latinamerican countries in which the Catholic Church has been separated from the State for almost a century.

Maduro visits Uruguay on his first overseas trip since becoming elected president

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:28:00 GMT

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro begins next Tuesday an official one visit to Uruguay when he will be meeting with head of state Jose Mujica and former president Tabare Vazquez.On Wednesday he plans to fly to Argentina and the following day, Brazil.