Investments

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  IDB President sees a plethora of opportunities ahead in Uruguay

  

  “Uruguay could be a Silicon Valley of the south”, said Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Mauricio Claver-Carone Wednesday after meeting in Montevideo with President Luis Lacalle Pou.

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Global COVID-19 vaccine deficit is a scandal, ITUC

  

  The revelation in a World Health Organization, WHO that just 20% of people in low- and lower-middle-income countries will have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this year is a scandal of epic proportions, according to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  New Falklands port gets green light to proceed as part of ambitious infrastructure investment program

  

  Last Friday 10 September 2021, the Falkland Islands port project received ExCo (Executive Council) approval to proceed to Stage One B, Detailed Design, which will take place over the next 13 months. Stage One A began in July 2020 and involved an extensive series of stakeholder workshops, surveys, demand studies and environmental assessments in order to produce the initial Concept Design for the new facility.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Record level of funding for Argentine startup companies despite pandemic

  

  Argentine startup companies have obtained a record level of funding during the first semester of 2021, a study has shown.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 08:29 UTC

  Antarctic cruise company abandons Ushuaia and moves to Punta Arenas

  

  Punta Arenas, the extreme south of Chile will be hosting Silversea Cruises as its base of operations, having decided to abandon Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego. Silversea announced a release in which it makes official its Antarctic cruise operations during the 2021/22 season, following an agreement with Chilean officials.

• Saturday, September 11th 2021 - 10:16 UTC

  Azul returning to Uruguay in November from Porto Alegre

  

  Brazilian carrier Azul will resume flights to Uruguay as of November 10 with the reopening of the Porto Alegre-Montevideo route four times a week.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  BRICS issues New Delhi Declaration calling for investigations on coronavirus to be free from political influences

  

  Leaders of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) Thursday agreed on the use of science-based methods to determine the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which causes COVID-19.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:35 UTC

  Latam will resume Santiago/Punta Arenas flights on November 2nd

  

  LATAM and Jetsmar will be resuming their flights to Punta Arenas from Santiago on November 2 and 4 respectively. The announcement by Magallanes Region officials followed the arrival of Sky airlines to Puerto Natales and the confirmation of two weekly flights, Tuesday and Thursdays until the end of the year.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Uruguay brokers one-on-one free trade deal with China hoping it will not affect Mercosur

  

  Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou Tuesday announced his country had begun negotiations with China to reach a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which has been regarded as the beginning of the end of Mercosur.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 04:20 UTC

  Farewell to 24 Argentine students with Chevening scholarships to complete studies in UK universities

  

  On Monday 6 September, Chargé d’Affaires, Elizabeth Green, bid farewell to the 24 Argentines who will leave for the UK to do their master’s studies for a year, wishing them a safe and successful trip.