Tag: Ruben Echeverría

• Tuesday, August 19th 2014 - 08:57 UTC

  Cattle rustling an everyday issue in Uruguay, claim farmers

  

  Cattle rustling in Uruguay has become a daily issue and it's unfair that farmers should be forced to change of activity because “justice is lenient” when and if the perpetrators are caught, claimed the president of Uruguay's Rural Association, ARU, Ruben Echeverria.

• Thursday, May 15th 2014 - 07:41 UTC

  Mujica's reference to Uruguayan's work contraction triggered controversy

  

  President Mujica's speech before the US Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday had its good side, the strong references to Brazil and the fact Uruguay is a 'decent country' and 'we don't go around bribing people', but there was also another side which was controversial.