Uruguay

• Sunday, June 19th 2011 - 10:13 UTC

  Uruguay private consumption expanding several points higher than GDP

  

  The Uruguayan economy expanded 2.3% in January-March over the previous quarter, which has elevated forecasts for the twelve months of 2011 to a floor of 6.5%. However the Uruguayan government is concerned that consumption again expanded at a higher rate than GDP.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 03:02 UTC

  Green light for construction of Uruguay’s second pulp mill

  

  The construction of Uruguay’s second pulp mill, which includes a power plant and port facilities have been authorized following the approval of the Montes del Plata environment policies.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 01:04 UTC

  Uruguayan lawmakers mark the difference between “terrorism” and “armed insurgency”

  

  A group of Uruguayan lawmakers have written a letter to Peruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala requesting a more humane treatment for Victor Polay Campos, head of the guerrilla Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, MRTA, jailed since 1992.

• Saturday, June 18th 2011 - 01:02 UTC

  Dead penguins discovered in Uruguayan coast:perished of “natural causes”

  

  The recent discovery of dead Magellan penguins in several beaches of Uruguay’s eastern coast can’t be attributed to intoxication, “but rather natural causes”, said Daniel Gilardoni head of the Uruguay’s Natural Aquatic Resources Administration, Dinara.

• Friday, June 17th 2011 - 22:27 UTC

  Uruguay president Mujica approval rating plunges 29 points in 15 months

  

  The approval of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica in Montevideo continues to slide and has plummeted eight points between February and May according to a Mori public opinion poll released this week.

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 19:23 UTC

  UN Secretary General praises Uruguay’s contribution to peace keeping worldwide

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon thanked Uruguay for being one of the largest contributors to United Nations peacekeeping worldwide. Ban Ki-moon is currently on a South American round of visits that included Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

• Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 19:09 UTC

  Uruguay supports Ban Ki-moon re-election because of his commitment to multilateralism

  

  Uruguay’s support for the re-election of Mr Ban Ki-moon as Secretary General is based on his decisive efforts to impulse multilateralism since taking office in 2007, said Uruguayan Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  Humpback whale appears floating in the port of Montevideo

  

  An eight metre long humpback whale with a big gash close to the mouth appeared dead in the port of Montevideo. According to local marine biologists the cetacean most probably collided with a vessel.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 02:48 UTC

  Peru’s Humala interested in joining “political” mechanisms of Mercosur

  

  Peru is interested in regional integration, security, education, combating narcotics but full membership of Mercosur is “distant” said president elect Ollanta Humala during a one day visit to Uruguay, before leaving late Monday for Argentina.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 22:40 UTC

  River Plate airports with no air traffic until Tuesday morning

  

  A remnant of volcanic ashes spewed by the Chilean volcano Puyehue over a week ago and which continues to hover over the River Plate again interrupted Monday activities in the three main airports, Carrasco in Montevideo and Ezeiza and Aeroparque in the city of Buenos Aires.