Uruguay

• Monday, November 16th 2009 - 16:24 UTC

  The Hague ruling on Botnia pulp mill controversy will “favour Uruguay”

  

  The International Court of The Hague will rule favourably for Uruguay in the litigation with Argentina over the Botnia pulp mill constructed on the Uruguayan side of a jointly managed river, anticipated Uruguay’s chief attorney in the case, Paul Reichler.

• Saturday, November 14th 2009 - 13:21 UTC

  Uruguay will abandon Mercosur if Lacalle is elected president

  

  Uruguay will definitively abandon Mercosur if Luis Alberto Lacalle is elected president in the run off on November 29th. Lacalle also forecasted that Mercosur as a customs union has not much time left, “it’s a dying organization”.

• Thursday, November 12th 2009 - 07:26 UTC

  Uruguay’s cruise season moves to Punta del Este fuelled by regional demand

  

  Uruguay’s 2009/2010 cruise season is scheduled to begin next November 20th in Montevideo with the arrival of “Minerva” and four days later in Punta del Este with “MSC Musica”.

• Saturday, November 7th 2009 - 16:37 UTC

  Polls show 7 points lead for Uruguayan incumbent presidential candidate

  

  Uruguay’s ruling coalition presidential ticket, --Jose Mujica and Danilo Astori--, has a seven percentage points advantage over the opposition, Luis Alberto Lacalle and Jorge Larrañaga, for the run off the last Sunday of November, according to the latest opinion polls released in Montevideo

• Monday, November 2nd 2009 - 14:14 UTC

  Stora Enso confirms construction of pulp mill in Uruguay

  

  The Swedish-Finland group Stora Enso and Chile’s Arauco confirmed to the Uruguayan government their intention of building a pulp mill in the country with an investment in the range of two billion US dollars reports the Montevideo daily Ultimas Noticias.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 11:41 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay again clash over the Botnia pulp mill

  

  The Argentine government strongly repudiated on Friday a report from the Environmental Board of Uruguay saying Argentina had “adulterated” information referred to the pulp mill dispute submitted to the International Court at The Hague.

• Friday, October 30th 2009 - 04:29 UTC

  Uruguay’s Colorados recommend voting for conservative Lacalle

  

  Uruguay’s junior opposition Colorado party has recommended its followers to support Conservative presidential candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle for the November 29th run-off with the ruling coalition’s Jose Mujica.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2009 - 14:29 UTC

  France’s Crédit Agricole selling its banking assets in Uruguay

  

  French bank Credit Agricole officially announced this week it had begun consultations to sell its banking interests in Uruguay where it operates under the name of Credit Uruguay.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2009 - 12:25 UTC

  Uruguayan ruling coalition retains majority in next Parliament

  

  Uruguay’s ruling coalition obtained 47.49% of the vote in last Sunday’s general election according to the primary vote count from the country’s Electoral Court, thus confirming a run off for the presidential office at the end of November.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2009 - 12:19 UTC

  Uruguay’s flag carrier Pluna flies cargo between Santiago and Punta Arenas

  

  Pluna, Uruguay’s flag carrier began this month commercial cargo flights between Santiago and Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and has plans to incorporate passengers in the near future, reports La Prensa Austral.