Uruguayan authorities this week arrested, and forfeited the cargo of a longliner which docked in Montevideo and allegedly did not have the necessary documentation to prove it was flagged in the Pacific island of Vanuatu.
Uruguayan emergency teams are working this weekend round the clock to clean the sandy beach of the country's most exclusive sea-resort which suffered the consequences of an oil spill of an estimated 15.000 liters of crude.