Uruguay

• Friday, July 25th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Mercosur is 'not working' because of protectionism and lack of arbitration

  

  Mercosur is “not working” and is “stalled” admitted Uruguayan president Jose Mujica and blamed the situation on different visions of the block's functioning, according to an interview with Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 09:05 UTC

  Mercosur was not created to become a fortress of 'hyper-protectionism'

  

  Former Uruguayan president Julio Maria Sanguinetti and founder of the Montevideo Circle Foundation said Mercosur was not created to become a fortress of hyper protectionism but rather to promote competition and integration with flexibility. Sanguinetti participated in a round of conferences of the Montevideo Circle Foundation in Paraguay.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 07:14 UTC

  Mujica recalls Uruguay's participation in the Triple Alliance major genocide

  

  President Jose Mujica underlined the strong identity of Uruguay with the Paraguayan people, but also recalled no the “immense debt that we never settled or will we ever be able to settle for having participated in the War of the Triple Alliance”.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 07:15 UTC

  FIFA's calendar of world cups: US in 2026 and Uruguay/Argentina 2030?

  

  Two strong favourites have emerged to host the 2026 and 2030 World Cups. The UK is hopeful that they can follow Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022 and bring the cup to the country for the first time since 1966.

• Friday, July 18th 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  US confirms six Guantanamo prisoners will be transferred to Uruguay

  

  President Barack Obama's administration has discretely notified Congress of its intention to transfer to Uruguay six prisoners from the U.S. base in Guantanamo, Cuba, according to the State Department.

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 06:30 UTC

  Uruguay fisheries exports reach 33.921 tons in first half of the year

  

  Uruguay fisheries exports during the first half of the year reached 33.921 tons, which represent a 13.2% increase over the same period a year ago, while in money terms sales totaled 76.6 million dollars, up 17.7%, according to the latest release from Aquatic Resources National Office, DINARA, published in the official government portal.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 23:26 UTC

  Uruguayans believe government is on the right track, but performance is missing

  

  A majority of Uruguayan believe the current government is on the right course but its performance is not satisfactory, according to a local public opinion poll from FACTUM. In effect seven out of ten agree with the course but the same percentages believe the performance is bad.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 23:22 UTC

  Uruguayan diplomat's Oxford experience with a Chevening scholarship

  

  Laura Silva has just returned to Uruguay after successfully completing her Diplomacy Master’s degree in Oxford, sponsored by a Chevening scholarship. The following is a piece Ms Silva wrote about her experience at Oxford University.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 11:45 UTC

  New state of the art bulk terminal in port of Montevideo in support of Nueva Palmira

  

  The Greek ship-owning Laskaridis family is investing in a new 100m dollars state-of-the-art grain and wood pellet terminal in Montevideo, Uruguay, adding to the already considerable Greek shipping presence in the country, reports London's Trade Winds.

• Friday, July 11th 2014 - 06:06 UTC

  Majority of Uruguayans disapprove receiving US prisoners from Guantanamo military base

  

  A majority of the Uruguayan population does not approve receiving US prisoners from the US Guantanamo Base, a decision adopted by the government of President Jose Mujica to help support the US government in closing the 9/11 jail for terrorists, according to a public opinion poll released on Thursday.