Tag: Uruguay

• Friday, April 17th 2015 - 03:39 UTC

  Mercosur must exhaust efforts to advance in trade talks with EU, insists Uruguay

  

  Mercosur must exhaust efforts with determination to advance in trade negotiations with the European Union, said Uruguay's Deputy foreign minister Jose Luis Cancela confirming the country's commitment with the block, but also demanding 'sincerity' in addressing the challenges and agreeing on an international insertion strategy.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  British embassy in Montevideo awards scholarships to young football players

  

  A football player doesn’t only depend on their sporting attributes on the pitch, but also needs to have the skills to be competitive out of the stadium. For those who start playing football, English can be the key to access to new opportunities, or to put it another way, it can be like a Goal to the Future.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:01 UTC

  An Apple iPad from Pope Francis fetched 30.500 dollars at auction in Uruguay

  

  An Apple iPad which belonged to Pope Francis has fetched 30,500 dollars at auction, with proceeds going to a school in a poor neighborhood in Uruguay, the local auction house selling the item said.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2015 - 10:03 UTC

  Intellectual icon of Latin America's left in the seventies and eighties dies in Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, whose The Open Veins of Latin America became a classic text for the left in the region and propelled the author to fame, died on Monday at age 74. Galeano had been ill with lung cancer for several months.

• Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  Uruguay/Brazil meeting to attempt an advance in Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  Uruguay and Brazil foreign ministers Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Mauro Vieira will be meeting this week in Brasilia in yet another attempt to push forward the stalled negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, according to the minutes of a meeting of the Uruguayan official with members of the Foreign Affairs committee.

• Saturday, April 11th 2015 - 05:38 UTC

  Uruguayan president meets Obama; UNHCR will provide Guantanamo detainees with homes

  

  The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, will provide homes to six former detainees of the US military prison in Guantanamo who have struggled to resettle in Uruguay, the country`s President said on Friday.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2015 - 08:05 UTC

  Public-private partnership to rehabilitate Uruguay's most transited highways

  

  Spanish construction company Sacyr joined Uruguay's Grinor in a consortium bidding for a contract to recover and maintain highways in the Mercosur member country.

• Saturday, March 28th 2015 - 11:29 UTC

  British experts in sports security visited Uruguay to exchange experiences

  

  British experts in sports security visited Uruguay and shared experiences in sports security management with their counterparts. The UK delegation was made up of Sue Storey, Director of Sports and International Development, and Geoff Galilee, Sports Football Clubs Inspector of the Sports Ground Safety Authorization, SGSA.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  Uruguay's economy expanded 3.5% in 2014, completing over a decade of sustained growth

  

  Uruguay's GDP expanded a strong 3.5% during 2014 over the previous year, with positive activity in most sectors of the Mercosur member economy, according to the latest report from the Central bank. The result was in line with government officials expectations of 3% growth last year.

• Friday, March 27th 2015 - 07:52 UTC

  International summit on oil and gas potential in Uruguay next June

  

  Uruguay's oil and gas Government owned company, ANCAP, will join senior level delegation from international oil and gas operators on 11-12 June 2015 in Montevideo to analyze the potential of a region that has experienced significant advances since 2009.