Uruguay
Uruguay feedBrazil, Peru and Uruguay in “boom phase recovery”
The Economic Climate Index (ECI) in Latin America, (developed in partnership between the German Ifo Institute and Brazil’s Getulio Vargas Foundation) rose to 5.2 from 4.0 points between July and October 2009, exceeding for the first time since January 2008, the average of the last ten years (5.1 points).
Uruguayan incumbent presidential candidate leads by 6 points in polls
With only ten days for the Uruguayan presidential run-off, incumbent candidate Jose Pepe Mujica leads with 48% vote intention while his rival Luis Alberto Lacalle stands at 42% and the undecided 10%, according to the latest public opinion poll released Thursday by a Montevideo newspaper.
The Mujica couple, if confirmed, promise an “austere and sober” government
Senator Lucia Topolansky, who would become Uruguay’s First Lady if her husband and incumbent presidential candidate Jose Mujica is confirmed in the run-off on November 29th promises to keep to an “austere and sober” style of government.
The Hague ruling on Botnia pulp mill controversy will “favour Uruguay”
The International Court of The Hague will rule favourably for Uruguay in the litigation with Argentina over the Botnia pulp mill constructed on the Uruguayan side of a jointly managed river, anticipated Uruguay’s chief attorney in the case, Paul Reichler.
Uruguay will abandon Mercosur if Lacalle is elected president
Uruguay will definitively abandon Mercosur if Luis Alberto Lacalle is elected president in the run off on November 29th. Lacalle also forecasted that Mercosur as a customs union has not much time left, “it’s a dying organization”.
Uruguay’s cruise season moves to Punta del Este fuelled by regional demand
Uruguay’s 2009/2010 cruise season is scheduled to begin next November 20th in Montevideo with the arrival of “Minerva” and four days later in Punta del Este with “MSC Musica”.
Polls show 7 points lead for Uruguayan incumbent presidential candidate
Uruguay’s ruling coalition presidential ticket,—Jose Mujica and Danilo Astori—, has a seven percentage points advantage over the opposition, Luis Alberto Lacalle and Jorge Larrañaga, for the run off the last Sunday of November, according to the latest opinion polls released in Montevideo
