Tag: Botnia

• Tuesday, August 23rd 2011 - 04:12 UTC

  Argentina says the pulp mill conflict with Uruguay is over and ‘buried’

  

  Diplomatic relations between Argentina and Uruguay are going through “a very good moment, which can obviously be improved”, but there are “no open conflicts” because the dispute over the Botnia pulp mill has been definitively “buried”, said Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:02 UTC

  “Eco-fascism” or fundamentalist environmentalism joins political jargon

  

  Campaigns in extreme defence of Nature and the environment can turn into a sort of “eco-fascism” unable to solve the home problems for millions or modify the consumerism paradigm of modern societies, warns a new academia discussion publication in Argentina.

• Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 00:21 UTC

  Vazquez denies saying the Kirchners had behaviour patterns recalling fascism

  

  Former Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez denied this week that he ever said that his Argentine counterparts Néstor and Cristina Kirchner are “fascists”, like Wikileaks cables stated.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 18:03 UTC

  Nestor Kirchner government is more like “fascist brown shirts than left-wing”

  

  Former Uruguayan Industry and Energy Minister, Jorge Lepra (*), described Néstor Kirchner’s government as ”fascist”, during a meeting with the US Embassy Chargé D'Affaires at Uruguay, James Nealon, in February 14, 2006, according to a cable revealed by Wikileaks in which Nealon reported to Washington the minister’s harsh words.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 23:37 UTC

  Uruguay manufacturing recovered mildly in 2010: “industry is stagnant”

  

  Uruguay’s manufacturing industry expanded 4.5% in 2010, but if the pulp industry hub is excluded the percentage drops to 3.5%, according to the latest release from the National Statistics Institute, INE.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:45 UTC

  Tourist influx to Uruguay during January soars 40%

  

  During January (summer high season) Uruguay received 413.780 tourists, 40% more than a year ago, with the Argentines leading the inflow, according to the latest figures released by Migration Office and the Ministry of Tourism.

• Monday, November 15th 2010 - 18:25 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina implement “scientific” accord for joint monitoring

  

  Uruguay and Argentina announced they had reached a final “scientific” agreement for the joint environmental monitoring of the UPM-Botnia pulp mill in shared waters and which delaying the implementation of a bilateral agreement.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2010 - 23:29 UTC

  Mujica: sorry HMS Gloucester, but our priority is good relations with Argentina

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica told his cabinet that he had contacted the British ambassador to tell him why the Royal Navy HMS Gloucester bound for the Falkland Islands had been authorized to call in Montevideo and a few hours before arriving had clearance withdrawn.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 05:10 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina implement the end of the pulp mill dispute

  

  Argentina and Uruguay signed Monday in Montevideo the agreement which puts an end to an ongoing years-long litigation over the construction of a pulp mill along a shared river.

• Monday, August 30th 2010 - 06:36 UTC

  Timerman expected in Montevideo to coordinate monitoring of River Uruguay

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman will meet Monday in Montevideo with his Uruguayan counterpart, Luis Almagro, to advance with the implementation of the scientific committee that will monitor the UPM (ex Botnia) pulp mill and the River Uruguay.