Tag: José Mujica

• Wednesday, August 6th 2014 - 08:18 UTC

  Israel disturbed with Mujica's use of 'genocide' to describe the situation in Gaza

  

  Israel is disappointed and concerned with Uruguayan president Jose Mujica statement that described the Israeli offensive in Gaza as’genocide’, pointed out Jerusalem's new ambassador to Montevideo, Nina Ben-Ami. “These are not words to be used by a friend; we're friendly countries going through a difficult moment”.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 07:05 UTC

  Mercosur to consider forming an 'economic forum' with ALBA and Petrocaribe

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica will be attending the next Mercosur presidential summit scheduled for Tuesday, 29 July in Caracas, when the creation of an economic forum Mercosur/ALBA/PetroCaribe will for consideration as part of the agenda.

• Saturday, July 26th 2014 - 06:31 UTC

  Majority of Uruguayan support sheltering children from the Syrian conflict

  

  Uruguay's president Jose Mujica proposal to shelter Syrian children refugees from the ongoing Middle East conflict has the support of 66% of the population and is rejected by 23%, according to a public opinion poll released this week by a local television channel.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Mercosur is 'not working' because of protectionism and lack of arbitration

  

  Mercosur is “not working” and is “stalled” admitted Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and blamed the situation on different visions of the block's functioning, according to an interview with Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 05:58 UTC

  Argentines consider Mujica far “more honest” than Cristina Fernandez

  

  An 'honesty' ranking by Argentine pollster, Giacobbe & Associates, based on 500 names, both alive and deceased, shows the country's public opinion poor belief in the political system, with president Cristina Fernández ranked 38, fourteen positions down from a similar poll last year and behind her Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica ranked 11.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 07:14 UTC

  Mujica recalls Uruguay's participation in the Triple Alliance major genocide

  

  President Jose Mujica underlined the strong identity of Uruguay with the Paraguayan people, but also recalled no the “immense debt that we never settled or will we ever be able to settle for having participated in the War of the Triple Alliance”.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  US confirms six Guantanamo prisoners will be transferred to Uruguay

  

  President Barack Obama's administration has discretely notified Congress of its intention to transfer to Uruguay six prisoners from the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, according to the State Department.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 23:26 UTC

  Uruguayans believe government is on the right track, but performance is missing

  

  A majority of Uruguayan believe the current government is on the right course but its performance is not satisfactory, according to a local public opinion poll from FACTUM. In effect seven out of ten agree with the course but the same percentages believe the performance is bad.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 11:45 UTC

  New state of the art bulk terminal in port of Montevideo in support of Nueva Palmira

  

  The Greek ship-owning Laskaridis family is investing in a new 100m dollars state-of-the-art grain and wood pellet terminal in Montevideo, Uruguay, adding to the already considerable Greek shipping presence in the country, reports London's Trade Winds.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 10:13 UTC

  CFK invites regional presidents to the official dinner for Russia's Putin

  

  President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, invited her peers from Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela, Evo Morales, Jose Mujica and Nicolas Maduro respectively to participate in a special dinner after her meeting with the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin on Saturday.