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Government targets faster state processes with new economic reform package
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone said the government will send a competitiveness and innovation bill to Congress on May 31, focused on foreign trade, competition policy, innovation and administrative simplification. The initiative was...
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Politics
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Economy
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Energy & Oil
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Environment
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Entertainment
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- Formula 1-standard circuit proposed for Uruguay’s Punta del Este
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Health & Science
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