Tag: Uruguay

• Monday, June 26th 2017 - 21:22 UTC

  'Alive' survivor Coche Inciarte writes his memoirs

  

  José Luis “Coche” Inciarte, one of the 16 survivors from the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash into the Andes mountains on Friday, October 13, 1972, has published his memoirs, in which he focuses on that life-changing event.

• Wednesday, June 7th 2017 - 07:18 UTC

  Brazilian meat packer Minerva buys JBS plants in Mercosur member countries

  

  The Brazilian meatpacking giant JBS says it has sold its units Mercosur members, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to companies controlled by a rival meat processing company in Brazil. JBS said in a Tuesday securities filing that it sold meat processing plants in the three countries for US$300 million to Minerva in Sao Paulo state.

• Thursday, May 25th 2017 - 07:23 UTC

  UN warns Trump´s budget cut will make peacekeeping operations “impossible”

  

  The United Nations has warned that President Donald Trump's plans to cut contributions to peacekeeping will make such work “impossible”. The US administration signaled heavy cuts to UN operations, in its budget proposals released on Tuesday. The US foots more than a quarter of the UN's US$7.9bn peacekeeping bill.

• Sunday, May 14th 2017 - 00:03 UTC

  UK/Uruguay confirm Antarctic cooperation with Montevideo visit of two BAS research vessels

  

  Two British scientific research vessels coincided in Montevideo in early May at the end of the Antarctic season, in their way back to Southampton. Icebreaker RRS Shackleton and RRS James Clark Ross with sophisticated scientific research equipment and tens of experts in different disciplines spent months in Antarctica and returned to Montevideo, a traditional call port the British Antarctic Survey, BAS.

• Thursday, May 11th 2017 - 11:36 UTC

  Falklands worried M/V Uruguay Reefer seems doomed to sink in the Islands Conservation Zones

  

  The Falkland Islands Government (FIG) is closely monitoring the situation of the stranded M/V Uruguay Reefer and has been in contact with the vessel operators to impress upon them the need to find a solution which avoids the vessel sinking in Falkland Island Conservation Zones.

• Thursday, May 4th 2017 - 06:29 UTC

  Uruguay advances with investors in a project to build a third pulp mill

  

  “Good progress has been made in the discussions between the Government of Uruguay and UPM concerning the infrastructure development and other local prerequisites for long-term industrial growth in Uruguay. We are now in agreement regarding the majority of the key items on the negotiation agenda,” says Jaakko Sarantola, Senior Vice President, UPM, Uruguay Platform.

• Monday, April 24th 2017 - 08:25 UTC

  Spain's Rajoy visits Brazil and Uruguay to stress trade and Mercosur

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy arrived in Brazil on Sunday on an official two-day visit during which he will meet with President Michel Temer and follow a markedly economic agenda, including Mercosur and current ongoing talks with the EU in Brussels. The second leg of the trip will take Rajoy to Uruguay.

• Tuesday, April 11th 2017 - 16:52 UTC

  Falklands' teenager will spend a month in Uruguay on an scholarship program

  

  Falkland Islander Darby Newman (15) will have the opportunity to spend over a month in Uruguay on a student exchange program. Darby applied for, and was awarded, the scholarship offered to a Falklands student by the American Field Service (AFS).

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 11:52 UTC

  Manchester City parent company purchases Uruguayan football club

  

  Manchester City's owners have confirmed their purchase of Uruguayan club Atletico Torque as the Abu Dhabi-based investors add to their growing portfolio. City's parent company, City Football Group (CFG), announced second tier Atletico Torque will become part of their global network of clubs.

• Thursday, April 6th 2017 - 12:53 UTC

  Uruguay's March inflation finally drops to the Central bank target range

  

  Consumer prices in Uruguay rose 0.68% in March, the government said in a statement on Wednesday, bringing the country's 12-month inflation rate to 6.81%. It was the first time since December 2010 that Uruguayan inflation was within the country's 3% to 7% target range.