Tag: Uruguay

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 08:44 UTC

  Roubini forecasts Uruguay needs additional measures to contain inflation

  

  Roubini General Economics, RGE, founded by Nouriel Roubini the economist described as Dr. Doom for having predicted long before his peers the US financial and mortgage crisis said the Uruguayan government must apply additional measures to higher rates and bank reserves, to help contain inflation.

• Friday, May 27th 2011 - 01:53 UTC

  Montevideo port ranked ahead of Brazil’s Rio Grande in 2010

  

  In a ranking of the busiest port terminals in Latin America & Caribbean, elaborated in a work of Infrastructure Services Unit of ECLAC, Port of Rio Grande (RS) lost position for the Port of Montevideo, Uruguay. So they were, respectively, the 21st and 19th positions from the list.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 19:53 UTC

  Construction of Uruguay’s second pulp mill begins with concern on costs in Pesos

  

  The scarcity of qualified labour and the increase in costs have become a growing concern for the pulp mill that Chilean and Scandinavian investors are building in Conchillas, Uruguay.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:31 UTC

  Uruguay’s beef and lamb exports up in value but down in volume

  

  Uruguay’s beef exports in the first four months of 2011 have been lower in volume but higher in revenue compared to the same period a year ago. Something similar is happening with lamb although the fall in volume was even greater.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:27 UTC

  Record rice crop in Uruguay: 1.65 million tons but farmers concern with prices

  

  Uruguay harvested a record crop of rice this year totalling 1.65 million tons and marked the second highest area planted with the cereal, 195.000 hectares compared to the 200.000 of eleven years ago.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 16:10 UTC

  Ban Ki Moon to visit Uruguay that will hold UN Human Rights Council presidency

  

  Uruguay will be holding next month the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council during 2011/2012 and for this motive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Uruguay June 16th when he will be meeting President Jose Mujica and other top officials.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:35 UTC

  Philip Morris takes Uruguay to international court because of tobacco-ban policy

  

  One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies is launching a claim against Uruguay for considering the country’s legislation commercially damaging to the company. Philip Morris corporation has filed a claim at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank branch.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 22:37 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentine LNG floating terminal project attracts 39 industry leaders

  

  Uruguay and Argentina have received interest from 39 companies to build infrastructure for a floating LNG terminal, a project they are fast-tracking to start operations by the end of 2013, a project adviser said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 15:27 UTC

  Uruguay the most peaceful country in Latam, says Global Peace report

  

  Uruguay is the most peaceful country in Latin America followed by Costa Rica and Chile according to the latest edition of the Global Peace reported released Wednesday by the Institute for Economy and Peace.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 00:58 UTC

  Uruguay ratifies “continental solidarity” in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  Uruguay ratified to visiting UK Foreign Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne, Montevideo’s “continental solidarity” policy with Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas dispute but also described relations with the UK as “extremely cordial”.