Uruguay

• Friday, May 1st 2015 - 06:56 UTC

  Uruguay forecast to grow 2.5% this year, but must “strongly moderate” public spending

  

  Private consultants forecast the Uruguayan economy will expand 2.5% in 2015, compared to 3.5% the previous year, but recommend a “strong moderation” in government spending to retake the path of sustained growth and contain the consequences of an adverse international scenario mostly recessive.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 22:59 UTC

  Flexibility to discuss trade accords with third parties, Uruguay demands from Mercosur

  

  Brazil's deteriorating economy and the recession tendency in Argentina, Mercosur main and largest partners, are influencing inter-group trade and the Uruguayan government is pressing for more flexibility that should allow it to negotiate agreements or understandings with third parties.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 22:48 UTC

  Uruguay insists Mercosur must achieve “a free trade zone which effectively works”

  

  Uruguay again complained about the current stalled situation of Mercosur and called for members to 'sincere' themselves regarding the compliance of the original 1991 founding charter, and hopefully “we can at least reach the first stage of the chronogram: a free trade zone which effectively works and has not to bear the brunt of hurdles”.

• Monday, April 27th 2015 - 22:48 UTC

  Paraguay and Uruguay ministers to discuss recovering paralyzed Mercosur

  

  Following on the lead of Uruguay's new government, Paraguay has also demanded Mercosur returns to its roots and original objective with free circulation of goods and no obstructions of any kind or impediments such as tariff barriers. The five countries group has been paralyzed and negotiations for an encompassing cooperation and trade agreement with the European Union remain stalled.

• Saturday, April 25th 2015 - 04:52 UTC

  Chilean volcano ashes reach Uruguay and will cover the whole territory

  

  Uruguay's emergency system, Sinae confirmed on Friday that the ashes from Chile's Calbuco volcano eruption have reached the country and on Saturday will cover the whole of the territory, with some dust precipitations linked to the phenomenon expected.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 09:05 UTC

  “Overfishing and overfished stocks at all times low” in US fisheries

  

  The number of United States domestic fish stocks listed as overfished or subject to overfishing has dropped to an all-time low since 1997, when NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) began tracking stock status, according to the 2014 Status of U.S. Fisheries report to Congress.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  British embassy in Montevideo awards scholarships to young football players

  

  A football player doesn’t only depend on their sporting attributes on the pitch, but also needs to have the skills to be competitive out of the stadium. For those who start playing football, English can be the key to access to new opportunities, or to put it another way, it can be like a Goal to the Future.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 08:01 UTC

  An Apple iPad from Pope Francis fetched 30.500 dollars at auction in Uruguay

  

  An Apple iPad which belonged to Pope Francis has fetched 30,500 dollars at auction, with proceeds going to a school in a poor neighborhood in Uruguay, the local auction house selling the item said.

• Tuesday, April 14th 2015 - 10:03 UTC

  Intellectual icon of Latin America's left in the seventies and eighties dies in Montevideo

  

  Uruguayan author Eduardo Galeano, whose The Open Veins of Latin America became a classic text for the left in the region and propelled the author to fame, died on Monday at age 74. Galeano had been ill with lung cancer for several months.

• Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

  Uruguay/Brazil meeting to attempt an advance in Mercosur/EU trade talks

  

  Uruguay and Brazil foreign ministers Rodolfo Nin Novoa and Mauro Vieira will be meeting this week in Brasilia in yet another attempt to push forward the stalled negotiations for a trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, according to the minutes of a meeting of the Uruguayan official with members of the Foreign Affairs committee.