Uruguay

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Mujica: like street kids, beg money in every crossing and corner for the sake of science

  

  “Uruguay must act like the kids begging in the corners and traffic light crossings, asking for a dime from whoever” said President Jose Pepe Mujica on recalling the importance of funds from what ever origin to sponsor and promote scientific research.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 17:51 UTC

  EU cuts Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay from development aid

  

  The European Commission decided to cut aid from its 2014-2020 budget to 19 emerging economies including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and seven other Latin American countries, the EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs said on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 17:17 UTC

  Uruguayan Army “will not tolerate or cover up” murderers within its ranks

  

  The Uruguayan Army will not “accept, tolerate or cover up for” murderers and criminals within its ranks, said Commander General Pedro Aguerre speaking to the media about the discovery of the remains of teacher and journalist Julio Castro disappeared after being detained by soldiers in 1977.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 15:20 UTC

  Uruguay prepares to combat leishmaniasis, which threatens to spread from Argentina

  

  The advance of the mosquito transmitted leishmaniasis in South America, (Uruguay and Chile are the only countries with no registered cases) motivated a recent symposium to address the challenge in Punta del Este.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 13:35 UTC

  Uruguay filed to issue up to 2 billion dollars in new 2028 global bonds

  

  Uruguay announced on Monday filed to issue up to two billion dollars in new global bonds maturing in 2028 and to conduct a series of liability management transactions designed to further improve its external debt profile, including an exchange offer and a cash tender offer for certain of its outstanding debt securities.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2011 - 04:31 UTC

  “Mercosur at its worst moment” and Argentina has clearly “a protectionist focus”

  

  Uruguay’s Vice-president Danilo Astori blasted Argentina’s protectionist and foreign exchange policies because they damage Mercosur, which is currently living its “worst possible moment”.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 21:30 UTC

  Uruguay’s prospects entangled in Mercosur senior members’ policies, says EIU

  

  Uruguay will have to learn to live with Argentina’s ‘unpredictable policies” and its growing tendency to protectionism, both from President Cristina Fernandez as from Brazil in a context where both economies growth is slowing down.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:48 UTC

  Mujica calls CELAC “a second independence” but warns beware of dogmatism

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica described the newly formed CELAC as a strong step towards the Americas ‘second independence’ and its integration process.

• Monday, December 5th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Mujica dressed with a Venezuelan Army jacket triggers a barrage of criticisms

  

  A major controversy exploded in Uruguay when President Jose Mujica was pictured by international news agencies, during the CELAC meeting in Caracas, wearing a green jacket from the Venezuelan Army.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 18:58 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay less corrupt in Latam; other Mercosur members not so clean

  

  Chile and Uruguay are the least corrupt countries in Latinamerica, while Paraguay and Venezuela are at the other extreme, according to the latest ‘Corruption Perceptions’ Index’ from Transparency International released this week.