Uruguay

• Saturday, March 21st 2009 - 12:57 UTC

  Uruguay completes first South American dairy cattle export to China

  

  Uruguay completed this week the first South American export of live dairy cattle to China. A total of 3.970 Holstein calves and heifers (8 to 18 months old) were shipped for the thirty day journey which will be followed by two month quarantine in mainland China.

• Friday, March 20th 2009 - 07:03 UTC

  Uruguay’s preliminary farm losses to drought estimated in 450 million USD

  

  Uruguay lost an estimated 450 million US dollars as a direct consequence of the several months long drought, according to acting Agriculture minister Andres Berterreche. The primary figure revealed during a meeting with business leaders on Thursday represents the equivalent of 1.5% of Uruguay’s GDP

• Friday, March 20th 2009 - 06:58 UTC

  Uruguayan president travels to China to boost trade and investment

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez together with several ministers and a delegation of 70 businessmen left Friday for an official state visit to China. The party arrives Saturday in Beijing but the official program begins Monday when President Vazquez will be received by this Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 14:00 UTC

  Uruguay considering reduction of working hours to alleviate crisis

  

  The Uruguayan government is considering reducing working time to lighten the impact of the global financial crisis, local media reported over the weekend.

• Monday, March 16th 2009 - 08:52 UTC

  Uruguay adopts low profile approach to Argentina’s trade hurdles

  

  Uruguay has no plans to appeal before Mercosur against Argentina’s decision to expand the list of products which no longer have access to automatic import licences which is significantly slowing bilateral trade, said Uruguay’s director of the Mercosur Economic Affairs and Integration Office, Walter Cancela.

• Sunday, March 15th 2009 - 19:11 UTC

  The gaucho club: Uruguay provides good turf to saddle up and release your inner cowgirl

  

  Fernando tacked up the horses – with sheepskin saddles. So much for the tough gaucho life. The heat of the day had started to dissipate and we were heading out from El Charabon, a 2,000-acre estancia – or ranch – in the department of Rocha, southern Uruguay.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 12:42 UTC

  Uruguay attracts European investments in timber plantations

  

  Favourable timber growing conditions, a good business climate and a stable political environment has attracted a number of European forest companies to invest in Uruguay the past few years, reports WRQ.

• Friday, March 13th 2009 - 06:33 UTC

  Polls show opposition ahead of Uruguay’s ruling coalition

  

  Uruguay’s main opposition party is closing in on the ruling coalition Broad Front according to the latest public opinion poll which means that next October there will be no clear winner of the presidential election and a run-off in November seems certain

• Wednesday, March 11th 2009 - 23:39 UTC

  Brazil/Uruguay summit agrees on free trade and energy integration

  

  Brazilian president Lula da Silva said that relations with neighbouring Uruguay are at “their best level ever”, following a meeting Tuesday with visiting president Tabare Vazquez.

• Monday, March 9th 2009 - 14:20 UTC

  President Vazquez confident Uruguay is prepared for the crisis

  

  Uruguayan president Tabaré Vázquez underlined during a political rally over the weekend the successes of his administration and said the country was better prepared to face the current global crisis.