Tag: Uruguay

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 20:51 UTC

  Sean Penn should return his Malibu estate to the Mexicans

  

  By Dr Tim Stanley - During his recent tour of Argentina and Uruguay as UN ambassador at large for Haiti made some unfortunate statements regarding the Falklands/Malvinas diplomatic dispute arguing that “It would be nothing short of bullying, to not sit down and diplomatically negotiate a fair sharing of any resources discovered between Argentina and the United Kingdom”.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 00:37 UTC

  Uruguay signs first hydrocarbons on-shore exploration contract with US company

  

  Uruguay’s hydrocarbons refining company Ancap signed on Tuesday an agreement with US company Schuepbach Energy to begin exploration for oil and gas in the north and centre of the country.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 00:27 UTC

  Brazil imposes extra levies on blanket imports from Uruguay and Paraguay

  

  Brazil imposed additional levies on the import of blankets from Mercosur associates Paraguay and Uruguay alleging triangulation of Chinese textiles, which are restricted because of dumping practices.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 21:25 UTC

  The Falklands “a fantastic corner of the world with much trade to be done”

  

  “Far beyond expectations; this is a fantastic corner of the world”, said Dr. Nicolas Negrin, Head of Mission for the Uruguayan delegation describing his impression of the Falkland Islands. The 19 member Uruguayan business delegation spent a week in the Falklands and left on Saturday with impressions considerably different to those they had arrived with.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  It is official: Uruguay’s UPM-Botnia pulp mill does not contaminate, never has

  

  A huge pulp mill, UPM, which has been at the heart of a several years’ controversy between Uruguay and Argentina, does not contaminate revealed Uruguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro before the Uruguayan parliament.

• Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:55 UTC

  President Mujica tells his lawmakers to stop acting petty and start working

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica called on the ruling coalition to stop acting with ‘pettiness’ and look forward to the legislative challenge of 2012 which includes several initiatives in different fields and he described as ‘essential’.

• Saturday, February 11th 2012 - 07:46 UTC

  Argentina says Uruguay should be grateful for all the investments and jobs created

  

  Relations with the Uruguayan government couldn’t be better, with no obstacles ahead, and much of the success of the Uruguayan economy is influenced by Argentina, said ambassador in Montevideo Dante Dovena.

• Thursday, February 9th 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Mujica says Mercosur is “a chewing gum”; promises trade deals with third countries

  

  Mercosur from a real point of view exits, but institutionally it’s a “chewing gum” claimed Uruguayan president Jose Mujica who anticipated he would demand from the block’s partners that Uruguay be allowed to sign bilateral trade agreements with third parties.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2012 - 06:21 UTC

  Uruguayan cabinet divided over how to address Argentine trade restrictions

  

  The latest round of imports’ restrictions imposed by the government of President Cristina Fernandez and how to address them have triggered a serious debate inside the ministerial cabinet of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:16 UTC

  Uruguayan president downplays the impact of Argentine imports’ restrictions

  

  The new trade barriers enforced by the Argentine government are “insignificant, nothing to worry about,” Uruguayan president José Mujíca said to a Montevideo newspaper insisting that the best path is ‘dialogue’ dismounting each obstacle ‘step by step’.