Stories for August 2010

Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 07:14 UTC
Uruguay: More tourists make Montevideo the main attraction in the first half of 2010

The number of tourists visiting Uruguay during the first half of the year over the same period in 2009, increased 5.5% totalling 1.266.898, while revenue jumped 18.7% in US dollars (878.6 million USD), according to the latest numbers released by the Ministry of Tourism.
Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:52 UTC
Punta del Este real estate sales reached 1.5 billion USD in 18 months

Sales of real estate in Uruguay’s internationally renowned resort Punta del Este and its area of influence reached almost 1.5 billion US dollars between January first 2009 and the first half of 2010, according to the Tourist Office from the County of Maldonado.
Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:47 UTC
Kirchner couple actions plan to control Clarin and La Nacion newsprint mill

Argentina’s two main newspapers, Clarin and La Nacion claim the government of President Cristina Kirchner has a plan to eliminate their stakes at the country’s largest newsprint mill.
Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:35 UTC
Uruguayan business delegation visits China to promote trade and investment

Uruguayan Vice-president Danilo Astori and a delegation of sixty businessmen are en route to China for a week long visit to strengthen bilateral relations and further promote trade and investments.
Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:23 UTC
Uruguay completes twelve OEDC tax information exchange agreements

Uruguay reached this month a tax information exchange agreement with India thus totalling the twelve demanded by the Organization for Economic and Development Cooperation to have the country de-listed from the group that still have to abide and implement internationally agreed tax standards.
Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 04:02 UTC
Brazilian comedians protest ban on ridiculing political candidates

A group of Brazilian stand-up comedians and television comedy actors held a protest against the ruling that bars any ribbing of political candidates over the airwaves in the run-up to the October 3 elections.
Monday, August 23rd 2010 - 03:41 UTC
Chile celebrates contact with trapped miners; rescue “will take months”

Thirty-three miners who have been trapped underground in a northern Chile mine for the past 17 days are all alive, President Sebastian Piñera announced Sunday. Rescuers heard hammering noises when they sent a new probe into the mine.
Sunday, August 22nd 2010 - 04:28 UTC
Shell defies in court Argentine government ban on fuel increases

Royal Dutch Shell which refines about 15% of Argentina’s fuel is waging a court battle against a government ban that prevents fuel producers from increasing prices. Shell’s federal court complaint was filed last week following a government order on August 18 mandating oil companies to lower fuel prices to a pre-August 1 level.
Sunday, August 22nd 2010 - 04:24 UTC
Plastic debris in the Atlantic Ocean seems to have peaked, say US scientists

A study has measured the amount of plastic debris found in a region of the Atlantic Ocean over a 22-year period. US researchers, writing in Science, suggest the volume of plastic appeared to have peaked in recent years.
Sunday, August 22nd 2010 - 04:23 UTC
Massive loss of pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach

Only nine of the 63 pilot whales which were found stranded on a beach of New Zealand’s northern island on Friday are believed to have survived. Thirteen whales were re-floated Saturday but four of them got back into difficulty and NZ Department of Conservation staff made the tough decision to euthanize them.