Uruguay

Tuesday, July 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay attracts expanding Chilean forestry companies

Chile's relatively small concentration of fertile land has forced its forestry companies to look closely at other Latin American countries for expansion. Forestry companies have started to set their sights on a host of other countries, including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Friday, July 13th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Paulson praises Uruguay and calls for increased trade flows

United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday in Montevideo that increased trade flows will give Latin America more opportunity to spread the benefits of economic growth and to reduce poverty. He also praised Uruguay's open markets policies and sound economic decisions.
Wednesday, July 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US after closer links with Uruguay, but respects Mercosur tempo

United States said it respects the political context of the region and is not interested in creating problems to those Mercosur members that choose to have closer links with Washington said a top US official currently visiting Uruguay.
Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New round, in New York, of the river Uruguay pulp mills dispute

Representatives from Argentina and Uruguay are scheduled to meet in New York at the end of the month to continue searching for solution to the paper mills conflict. This will be the third meeting under the coordination of Spanish ambassador Juan Antonio Ya&ntildeez Barnuevo envoy from the King of Spain that is asking as a facilitator between the neighbouring countries.
Tuesday, July 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay's flag carrier signs contract for 7 midrange Bombardiers

Uruguay' flag carrier PLUNA, recently associated to a private consortium announced a fourth weekly flight Montevideo Madrid and the signing of a contract for the delivery of seven medium-ranges Canadian Bombardiers CRJ900 NextGen, plus the option for another eight.
Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay buys 90 service stations from Chevron-Texaco

Uruguay's state-run energy company Ancap bought this week 90 service stations from Chevron Corp operated locally under the Texaco banner, for 22.5 million US dollars.
Monday, June 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan croaker fleet idle because of labor dispute

Most of the Uruguayan fishing fleet is idle because of a two months labor dispute and has hit particularly hard the export of Atlantic croaker which is a shared resource with Argentina.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Last survivor of German battelship Graf Spee dies in Montevideo

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away and was buried Saturday in Montevideo.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US opens its market for fresh blueberries from Uruguay

The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) announced the publication in the Federal Register of the proposed rule for the importation of blueberries from Uruguay to the US.
Thursday, June 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“No adverse effects” from Uruguay's Botnia pulp mill says Argentina's Academy of Engineering

A document from Argentina's National Academy of Engineering on the installation of cellulose pulp mills on the coast of the river Uruguay and which has become a contentious environmental issue between the neighboring countries, states that “no adverse effects are to be expected on health or biodiversity, and no pollution shall affect Argentine coasts or territory”.