Tag: Uruguay

• Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 23:51 UTC

  Fitch upgrades Uruguay’s debt to BB, just below investment grade

  

  Citing the “increased resilience to external shocks” Fitch upgraded Uruguay to BB from BB-, two levels below investment-grade and in line with Standard & Poor's. Moody's Investors Service rates Uruguay at Ba3, three levels below investment grade. Fitch last increased the country's rating in July 2007, taking it up one level from B+.

• Tuesday, July 27th 2010 - 02:09 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina agree water-monitoring negotiations are “not blocked”

  

  Discussions for the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay with Argentina are “not blocked” and “we have a very strong commitment with the on-going negotiations” said Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro following Monday morning’s ministerial cabinet meeting headed by President Jose Mujica.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2010 - 23:36 UTC

  Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay consider building 2.000 kilometres gas pipeline

  

  Natural gas-rich Bolivia has invited Paraguay and Uruguay to confirm sufficient demand to justify the building of a commercially viable 2.000 kilometres pipeline linking with Asunción and Montevideo.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 03:51 UTC

  Uruguay overall tourism champion in Latinamerica, says Latin Tourism Index

  

  Uruguay is overall champion of tourism in Latin America, according to the Latin Tourism Index from Latin Business Chronicle

• Tuesday, July 20th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay towns celebrate first month with no pickets

  

  The Argentine city of Gualeguaychú and Fray Bentos across the shared River Uruguay celebrated Monday the first month of the end to pickets that since 2006 had impeded traffic and trade across the international bridge linking the two neighbouring locations.

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 07:01 UTC

  Bolivia confirms pipeline to supply Paraguay and Uruguay with natural gas

  

  Hydrocarbons minister Fernando Vincenti confirmed that Bolivia is interested in extending its natural gas pipeline network to add Paraguay and Uruguay to its list of clients now limited to Mercosur main associates, Brazil and Argentina.

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:41 UTC

  Uruguay celebrates the 1950 World Cup feat, Brazil’s most fateful day

  

  With the euphoria of the recent fourth place in the South Africa World Cup, Uruguay celebrated on Friday July 16th the 60th anniversary of the country’s main sport greatest feat ever: winning the World Soccer Cup in Brazil in 1950.

• Saturday, July 17th 2010 - 06:23 UTC

  Argentina proposes gradual elimination of Mercosur double charge common tariff

  

  Argentina proposed the gradual elimination of the Mercosur Common External Tariff, AEC, double charge and hopes the initiative will receive a first approval before Buenos Aires has to turn over the rotating chair of the trade group to Brazil next August.

• Thursday, July 15th 2010 - 23:26 UTC

  Uruguayan concern with Argentine interception of vessels bound for the Falklands

  

  Uruguay’s leading newspaper dedicated its Sunday’s editorial to the recent incident when the Argentine Navy, in shared Uruguayan-Argentine waters, forced a small merchant vessel linked to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands to identify itself and provide all the information related to cargo and destination.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 05:18 UTC

  A country full of gratitude defies freezing weather to honour Uruguay’s soccer team

  

  Tens of thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets of Montevideo defying freezing weather and polar gusts to cheer and honour the ‘sky blue’ national team which came back from South Africa with a fourth place and striker Diego Forlan with the Golden Ball as the World’s Cup's best player.