Uruguay

• Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 03:57 UTC

  Malaysia Air Force Officers Sue Government Over Missing Jet Engines Found in Uruguay

  

  Five former Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) officers, including a brigadier-general, are suing the Armed Forces Council for wrongful dismissal. They are claiming that they had been wrongfully dismissed after an inquiry held over the two missing RMAF F5E fighter jet engines that were later located in a Uruguayan warehouse, apparently the property of an Argentine company.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:44 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court Judge says Botnia Pickets are “Illicit, but not Illegal”

  

  An Argentine Supreme Court Judge has said that the pickets blocking an international bridge linking neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay to protest the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side are “illicit but not illegal”.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 02:07 UTC

  Uruguay Pushing for an Indian Embassy in Montevideo

  

  Uruguay is pushing for a full Indian mission in its capital Montevideo, showcasing the country as the gateway to the region and to expand bilateral trade and economic relations, according to New Delhi reports.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:54 UTC

  Uruguay’s Fray Bentos Pulp Mill Boosts Profits of Finland’s UPM

  

  Finland’s pulp and paper manufacturer UPM's (OMX: UPM1V) Fray Bentos unit in Uruguay proved overwhelmingly the most profitable, helping to boost an otherwise first quarter profit of the year which was described as “unsatisfactory” by CEO Jussi Pesonen.

• Friday, April 30th 2010 - 05:14 UTC

  Overwhelming Majority of Uruguayan Children access Internet Regularly

  

  An overwhelming majority of Uruguayan children between the ages of 6 to 11 regularly use Internet according to a recent report from consultants Radar. The Seventh Profile on Uruguay’s Internauts shows that 85% of children use the net which represents a 30% increase over 2008 when the rate was 55%.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner and Mujica Agree to Re-Channel Bilateral Relations

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José “Pepe” Mujica said on Wednesday they will be working to “re-channel” bilateral relations and will strictly abide the ruling of the Botnia paper mill case.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina Meet to Trade Apologies, Pickets and an Inconvenient Situation

  

  Uruguay and Argentine presidents will be meeting Wednesday in Buenos Aires to analyze the aftermath of the International Court of Justice judgement on the pulp mills controversy and hopefully find a way, to peacefully lift Argentine protestors’ pickets that have been blocking since 2006 a bridge linking the neighbouring countries.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 06:29 UTC

  Banks Serving Rich Argentines Moving from Bs. As. to Miami and Montevideo

  

  More than ten investment banks, including Wells Fargo, HSBC, Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, will leave Argentina in the coming weeks, a Buenos Aires newspaper reported Monday.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 21:40 UTC

  Canadian Fund Invests in Uruguay’s Flagship Carrier PLUNA

  

  Jazz Air Income Fund has agreed to invest 15 million US dollars for an indirect stake in Uruguay's flagship carrier, Pluna. The fund behind Air Canada's regional affiliate, Jazz Air, said that it will get a one-third, non-voting interest in Latin American Regional Aviation Holding Corp., which owns 75% of Pluna Lineas Aireas Uruguayas. The remaining 25% of Pluna is held by the government of Uruguay.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 21:24 UTC

  Uruguay 2010 Soy-Bean Boom Crop Could be Just a One Year Record

  

  Uruguay is currently harvesting what is considered a record crop of soybean the ever expanding oil seed that as in neighbouring countries is taking over land from other exploitations and has made Mercosur the world’s leading producer and exporter.