Tag: fiscal haven

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 05:24 UTC

  France denies Uruguay is a “fiscal haven”; underlines strong bilateral links

  

  “Uruguay does not figure in the list of countries with which France has financial difficulties”, said a special envoy from President Nicholas Sarkozy who visited Montevideo this week, thus ending the controversy triggered at the end of the early November G8 Cannes summit when Uruguay was described as a “fiscal haven”.

• Tuesday, November 22nd 2011 - 22:00 UTC

  Brazil makes official support for Uruguay in ‘fiscal haven’ controversy with G20

  

  Brazil’s Foreign Affairs minister Antonio Patriota said Brasilia supports Uruguay in its controversy with France following President Nicholas Sarkozy claim, at the recent G20 summit, that Uruguay was a ‘fiscal haven’.

• Monday, November 21st 2011 - 07:47 UTC

  Mujica says Brazil supports Uruguay in the fiscal haven controversy with G20

  

  President Jose Mujica said on Sunday that his peer from Brazil Dilma Rousseff will make a strong declaration in support of Uruguay when the next G20 summit to counter French President Nicholas Sarkozy recent statements in Cannes describing one of Mercosur junior members as a “fiscal haven”

• Thursday, November 17th 2011 - 17:41 UTC

  G20 president says Uruguay is no ‘fiscal haven’ and praises transparency commitment

  

  Uruguay received a huge political boost from Mexico (the same it was denied from its Mercosur partners under influence from Argentina) in its dispute with the recent G20 summit which through spokesperson French president Nicholas Sarkozy described Uruguay as a ‘fiscal haven’.