Uruguay
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Uruguay and Argentina seem head on for another confrontation. Uruguay ratified it is considering the unilateral dredging of one of the two main River Plate channels it shares with Argentina to ensure the viability of huge projects which need navigational capacity for their production.
Uruguay's exports up 31% but beginning to slowdown
In spite of a record year in export value, Uruguay's overseas sales are beginning to feel the international pinch from a weaker demand and lower prices for commodities according to the release of the latest statistics.
Abortion bill triggers acid controversy in Uruguay
The Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, Nicolas Cotugno, warned this week that those legislators who vote for abortion are ”ipso facto (by that very fact) excommunicated.”
Ten month retail inflation in Uruguay reaches 7.98%
Lower prices for food and beverage were not enough to impede Uruguay's October consumer price index from increasing 0.33% pushed by a stronger US dollar and weaker local currency.
Uruguay resumes sales of live cattle and sheep to Egypt
Uruguay has resumed live animal sales to Egypt with a first shipment of 12.000 cattle and 40.000 sheep in late October. Egypt for years was an important client of Uruguayan beef and live animals but for several years the market had remained closed.
Uruguay's president re-election campaign divides coalition
The campaign for the re-election of Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez has triggered a controversy inside the ruling coalition with, for the first time, a serious public exchange between the leader and a member of Congress.
Uruguay investigates local ramifications of suitcase scandal
Ramifications of the suitcase scandal involving Venezuela, Argentina and a Miami federal court have reached Uruguay, where a local judge has requested information from the Central Bank on accounts from some of the characters named in the trial.
Uruguay's ruling coalition dispute extends to the Senate
Uruguay's ruling coalition 2009 presidential candidate dispute has extended to the Senate where President Tabare Vazquez has been unable so far, to garner the sufficient votes to support the nomination of Central Bank members which is currently headless.
UN instructs Uruguay blue helmets to defend Congolese city
United Nations ordered a contingent of 600 Uruguayan blue helmets to take over the defence of the Congolese city of Goma --and its airport--, devastated by combats between the Congolese Army and rebel forces under the command of Laurent Nkunda.
Uruguay's diaspora 700.000, approx. 21.1% of total population
An estimated 700.000 Uruguayans are overseas residents according to a report from the Uruguayan Foreign Affairs ministry based on the recompilation of data from communities in 32 countries and 28 cities.
