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Montevideo, May 17th 2024 - 04:50 UTC

Uruguay

  • Monday, May 11th 2015 - 10:16 UTC

    Vazquez and Rousseff meeting will address Mercosur/EU trade negotiations

    Mercosur members must have “the opportunity to reach bilateral agreements with other countries outside the region or other blocks”, said president Vazquez

    Uruguay and Brazil presidents, scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting next 21 May in Brasilia will be addressing Mercosur issues, and advancing in the proposal that will allow the group's members to sign bilateral agreements with third parties not belonging to the region, thus avoiding the 'consensus' clause clamp.

  • Monday, May 11th 2015 - 08:47 UTC

    Uruguay's local elections: no major number surprises but interesting changes in the political map

    Daniel Martinez is the next mayor of Montevideo, which holds almost half of Uruguay's electorate

    Uruguay Sunday's department and municipal elections resulted mostly as forecasted with no major surprises, and as advanced by MP 9 May, in the capital Montevideo, with half the country's electorate, the two promising candidates have effectively been the elected mayor, Daniel Martinez and Edgardo Novick, a successful businessman and non political figure, who now becomes head of the opposition.

  • Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 10:21 UTC

    On Sunday 2.6 million Uruguayans vote for their local authorities

    Lucia Topolansky, former First Lady, Daniel Martínez and Edgardo Novick are the main competitors in Montevideo of Sunday's vote

    On Sunday May 10, Uruguay is holding county and municipal elections with 2.6 million eligible voters (out of a population of 3.3m) in an event which will be more centered on local issues and thus will not necessarily replicate the absolute majority vote of the ruling coalition in last October/November presidential and legislative election.

  • Saturday, May 9th 2015 - 09:34 UTC

    Mujica's book rekindles Brazilian scandal involving Lula da Silva

    Allegedly Lula told Mujica back in 2010 that “he had to deal with many immoral things including blackmail” and “this was the only way to rule Brazil”

    Uruguay's president Jose Mujica has now denied alleged statements collected in a book about his life written by two journalists, that he personally presented last Sunday in Buenos Aires and in which there is a mention to former president Lula da Silva and the 'mensalao', one of Brazil's largest corruption scandals involving monthly payments to have bills passed by Congress.

  • Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 06:01 UTC

    Uruguay's economy 'strong enough' to navigate in challenging environments

    Bergara said the “challenging” global context includes a strong U.S. economy with a solid dollar, and a “lethargic” EU “rife with financial and political strains”

    Uruguay's economy is “strong enough to navigate in a challenging global and regional environment” in which the U.S. dollar is strong and inflation is starting to rise, Uruguayan Central Bank, (BCU), chairman Mario Bergara said during a conference in Montevideo where he discussed the central bank's mission in the current world environment.

  • Thursday, May 7th 2015 - 05:22 UTC

    US for third year running main wheat supplier for Brazil displacing Argentina

    Argentina is expected to have a surface reduction of 10%. Uruguay, a drop of nearly 17%; Paraguay 10% and Brazil anywhere from 10% to 20%.

    For a third year in a row the United States will be the top wheat supplier for Brazil, displacing Argentina from its historic position, according to the latest release from Brazilian consultancy Trigo & Farinhas. This piece of information is significant given the world prices for grains and wheat planting prospects in South America.

  • Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 07:04 UTC

    Uruguay calls for an end to Mercosur 'hollow rhetoric' which undermines jobs

    ”We want to overcome the hollow rhetoric', said Nin Nova and demanding a rigorous chronogram of tariffs' progressive reduction

    Uruguay's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa called on Mercosur to overcome “hollow rhetoric” and advance towards the elimination of barriers which restrict access to other markets and intra-region trade.

  • Tuesday, May 5th 2015 - 09:35 UTC

    Mujica admits his 'most intimate respect' for Cristina Fernandez, but...

    The Uruguayan former president at the presentation of a book, a portrait of his life written by two journalists

    Uruguayan former president Jose Mujica expressed in Buenos Aires his “most intimate respect” for Argentine president Cristina Fernandez and revealed that on occasions he came across her when “she was annoyed as a bad, cornered spider”.

  • Monday, May 4th 2015 - 06:30 UTC

    Uruguay has the lowest corruption perception among Mercosur members

    The country figures among the 21 countries with less corruption perception at global level, according to TI

    Uruguay enjoys the lowest perception of corruption among Mercosur countries and also a privileged position at global level, according to the country's Transparency and Public Ethics Commission. The ranking was based on data from Transparency International and World Bank for the period extending from 2003 to 2014.

  • Saturday, May 2nd 2015 - 07:34 UTC

    Uruguay's meat exports in four months total 550m with beef the main item, 454m

    To 18 April, 674,656 cattle were slaughtered in approved slaughterhouses across Uruguay, an increase of 9% compared to the previous year.

    Uruguay exported meat, offal, meat products and by-products worth 550 million dollars in the year up to 18 April, 8% more than the same period of 2014. Beef exports totaled 454 million in the first months of the year, with the main buyers including China, member countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the European Union, Israel and MERCOSUR countries.