A decade later S&P lifts Uruguay’s rating to investment grade

Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 02:28 UTC

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Uruguay’s credit rating was raised one level by Standard & Poor’s, which means the country has returned to investment grade for the first time in a decade. Read full article

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Skåre
Congratulations to Uruguay for finally escaping the stigma of being a neighbour to Argentina's serial defaults.

There is of course no chance of Argentina gaining international trust and emulating your achievements before the turn of the next century.
Apr 04th, 2012 - 06:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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GreekYoghurt
Congratulations to Uruguay for showing good governance and transparency. Well deserved.
Apr 04th, 2012 - 07:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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PirateLove
From the UK, Well done.
no doubt envious countries will try and drag you down to their insignificant level.
Apr 04th, 2012 - 10:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brit Bob
Again, well done Uruguay, it just shows what free unrestricted trade and sticking to agreements will do for a country.
Apr 04th, 2012 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Cestrian
Good news for Uruguay. Pleased for them.
Apr 04th, 2012 - 04:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
Every Brit can see now why I picked Uruguay from all of the LatAm countries for our retirement. Excellent weather (my wife has cronic asthma), lovely people, great beaches, very little traffic apart from the seaside places in summer and lots, lots, more. :o)
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