Uruguay

• Friday, June 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Macri announce the EU/Mercosur trade deal is “imminent”

  

  The presidents of Argentina and Brazil said on Thursday that an agreement is imminent on a free trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro and Argentina's Mauricio Macri expressed confidence that the deal would soon be signed as they met in Buenos Aires for talks.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay: Finances don't grow; Economy Minister estimates an improvement for the second semester, as Macri did

  

  Uruguay is experiencing, in recent months, a marked drop in investment and the generation of employment. Uruguayan Economy Minister Danilo Astori admitted Wednesday the fall of public accounts, with an annualized fiscal deficit in April that was 4.8% of GDP, and opted to provide greater incentives to investors and entrepreneurs. The Uruguayan press accuses the government of betting on the hope that the results will begin to be felt in the second half of the year, as it was heard a while ago in Argentina under the administration of President Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Uruguay's diplomat and banker named EU's representative to help with the Venezuelan situation

  

  The European Union on Tuesday named Uruguayan former banker and diplomat Enrique Iglesias as its point man to help end the crisis in Venezuela, part of an intensification of diplomatic efforts to seek new elections.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 05:39 UTC

  Hazardous radioactive material stolen in Uruguay

  

  Uruguay's Ministry of the Interior Saturday issued a nationwide alert for the theft of a tub containing radioactive material. According to the communiqué, 100 millilitres of radioactive iodine (iodine 131) contained in a tub of 3 kg of lead (lead is used as shielding material to prevent the spread of radioactivity) were stolen.

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 04:34 UTC

  Trump in Japan for trade talks, North Korea and to meet Emperor Naruhito

  

  After a fun-filled weekend of golf and sumo, US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are set to hold formal talks on Monday, with trade and tensions with North Korea topping the agenda.

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 21:48 UTC

  Economic collapse in Argentina worsens in a volatile day: Macri blames uncertainty

  

  Argentina lived on Thursday another day in which the dollar rebounded and the country risk exceeded 1000 points. President Mauricio Macri criticized the “short-term” view of the markets and the Central Bank (BCRA) had to intervene by positioning the interest rate at 70% and diverting the futures market to contain the demand on the currency, preventing it from reaching the maximum accorded of 51.45 pesos.

• Monday, April 15th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Declassified U.S. Documents Reveal Details About Argentina’s Dictatorship

  

  The assassination squad created by Argentina’s military dictatorship to target dissidents during the 1970s had, like other state programs, its own bureaucratic rules: Employees punched in at 9:30 a.m. and were entitled to a two-hour lunch. They received a US$ 1,000 clothing allowance during their first overseas mission. And they were required to submit expense reports.

• Saturday, April 13th 2019 - 07:40 UTC

  US hands Argentina thousands of declassified documents from the military dictatorship

  

  The United States handed thousands of documents on Friday to Argentina on disappearances by the military dictatorship (1976/1983), completing Washington's biggest-ever transfer of documents to another government.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 21:33 UTC

  Instead of agrochemicals, Uruguay uses wasps to develop non-genetically modified soy

  

  In Uruguay, non-genetically modified soy (GMO) soy is being developed in order to compete in a market saturated by the volume of crops in the region. Nevertheless, the country’s government hopes Uruguayan soy will stand out for its quality rather than for the volume of harvests motivating soy producers to use “biological controls” to combat pests.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 21:17 UTC

  Tourists are cashing in on Argentina’s economic woes

  

  International travelers are flocking to Argentina, taking advantage of the poorly performing peso to boost the value of their holiday spending money, according to latest data.