Uruguay

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 18:49 UTC

  Four seriously injured when Korean fishing vessel catches fire in Montevideo

  

  Four crewmen seriously injured and a total loss was the result of a fire that broke out Thursday night in a Korean flagged fishing vessel docked in the port of Montevideo and was still burning Friday morning.

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 09:23 UTC

  Uruguay launches second round of hydrocarbons offshore exploration

  

  Uruguay detailed plans to auction 15 offshore exploration blocks on Thursday, part of the energy-short country's efforts to reduce its dependence on imports of oil and natural gas.

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 03:35 UTC

  Uruguayan marines in Haiti involved in ‘misconduct’; no evidence of sexual abuse

  

  Three independent investigations in Haiti following the claim of an alleged sexual abuse against a local by five Uruguayan marines from the UN peacekeeping force coincide in that there was “misconduct” of the involved, but no crime was committed.

• Friday, September 9th 2011 - 02:24 UTC

  Haiti UN peacekeeping force led by Brazil will begin gradual pullout

  

  Brazil's Defense minister said on Thursday that Haiti's peacekeeping force of 12,000 soldiers and police, known as MINUSTAH, will begin a gradual withdrawal aimed at turning security over to the Haitians, but not imperiling the stability achieved.

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 00:19 UTC

  Uruguay willing to compensate alleged Haitian gang-raped victim

  

  Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has apologised to his Haitian counterpart Michel Martelly over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old Haitian man by Uruguayan UN peacekeeping troops in the poor Caribbean state.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Colombia’s largest retailer launches stock sale to fund expansion in Uruguay

  

  Colombia's largest retailer Almacenes Exito SA launched a 2.5 trillion peso (1.4 billion dollars) stock sale for local and foreign investors Monday, the proceeds of which will be used to expand into Uruguay and elsewhere.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 08:25 UTC

  Consumer inflation in Uruguay slows but is still above annual target

  

  Uruguay’s consumer price index in August was 0.56%, the lowest increase since the same month in 2005 helping to bring down the twelve-month index to 7.57% from 8.25% and giving the government a relief.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  Uruguay oil company announces exploratory drilling inland with own resources

  

  Uruguay’ government owned oil corporation ANCAP said on Friday it had begun exploratory drilling inland with its own resources. The announcement was done during the presentation of the II Uruguay Round to tender offshore exploratory blocks which has attracted interest from several regional and international corporations.

• Saturday, September 3rd 2011 - 07:47 UTC

  Supreme Court ratifies 25-year jail sentence for former dictator General Alvarez

  

  Uruguay’s Supreme Court ratified Friday the 25 year jail sentence for former military dictator General Gregorio Alvarez and for former naval officer Juan Carlos Larcebau found guilty of in 37 and 29 homicide cases, respectively, committed during the military regime from 1973 to 1985.

• Friday, September 2nd 2011 - 22:22 UTC

  Squid season over in the Argentina/Uruguay common fishing zone

  

  The Argentine/Uruguay Joint Technical Commission for Maritime Front (CTMFM) ordered on Wednesday 31 August the closure of the squid (Illex argentinus) fishing season in the Common Fishing Zone.