Tag: Uruguay

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 06:51 UTC

  Grant to expand water services in Uruguayan rural communities and schools

  

  The Inter-American Development Bank approved a 6.85 million USD grant to expand access to better sanitation and water services in Uruguayan rural communities and schools.

• Friday, August 13th 2010 - 03:20 UTC

  Chilean and Swedish companies insist with new pulp mill in Uruguay

  

  Chilean wood pulp producer Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA seeks to continue its regional expansion as it develops plans for a new pulp mill in Uruguay, Arauco's corporate director, Franco Bozzalla, said this week.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 21:59 UTC

  Uruguay former guerrillas and retired military officers on reconciliation path

  

  Uruguay’s Defence minister and former guerrilla leader Luis Rosadilla, and retired military officers made a huge “shared” reconciliation gesture when they agreed to forget pending bills, look to the future and establish a constructive dialogue.

• Thursday, August 12th 2010 - 17:46 UTC

  Uruguay calls for a Mercosur with “open regionalism” for smaller members

  

  Uruguay called on Brazil and Argentina to allow Mercosur junior members to reach unilateral trade agreements with third countries helping to boost the group’s dynamism.

• Saturday, August 7th 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  New tax and banking bill ‘scares’ investors warns Uruguayan business community

  

  The Uruguayan government announced intention of making banking secret accounts “more flexible” and expanding income tax to overseas holdings and assets have delayed investment decisions and accelerated the sale of real estate in Uruguay by foreigners, particularly Argentines, warned the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism.

• Thursday, August 5th 2010 - 16:26 UTC

  Over fifty fishing vessels docked in Montevideo because of labour conflict

  

  An estimated Uruguayan flagged fifty fishing vessels have been docked in Montevideo for over a month because of a labour conflict over a new work contract with the owners of the vessels and processing plants.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2010 - 01:21 UTC

  Uruguay’s exports in seven months increase 23% and reach 3.9 billion USD

  

  Uruguayan exports increased 22.78% during the first seven months of 2010 compared to the same period a year ago, according to Uruguay’s Union of Exporters. Sales totalled 3.9 billion US dollars while in the seven months of 2009, they reached 3.2 billion USD.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  Russia becomes Uruguay’s main client for beef in first half of 2010

  

  The Russian Federation became at the end of the first half of the year, Uruguay’s main client for beef compensating weaker demand from the European Union and other important markets, according to the latest data from the country’s National Meat Institute, INAC.

• Saturday, July 31st 2010 - 19:35 UTC

  Kuwait plans to open embassy in Montevideo to bolster trade

  

  Kuwait and Uruguay signed several agreements to bolster bilateral relations during the visit to Montevideo of a high level delegation from the Middle East country. Kuwaiti authorities announced that the kingdom would soon be opening an embassy in Montevideo.

• Friday, July 30th 2010 - 06:05 UTC

  NZ Trade Minister shares in Uruguay dairy farming could cost him the job

  

  The financial dealings of New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser are under scrutiny amid revelations he owns thousands of shares in a Uruguayan-based dairy company that he actively promotes as part of his job, according to the NZ press.