Uruguay

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 17:39 UTC

  Santos wants Mujica in Colombia to help with the peace reconciliation process

  

  President Juan Manuel Santos wants his Uruguayan peer Jose Mujica “much closer” to the Colombian peace process which is currently taking place in Cuba and has invited him to the country, said Foreign minister Maria Angela Holguin during a visit to Montevideo.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2013 - 02:00 UTC

  Lead case in Uruguay: Herbicide-spraying company forced to pay compensation for fumigating school

  

  A Uruguayan rural school teacher who suffered the consequences of agro-toxics spraying from neighbouring soybean crops has won a civil court demand against the fumigation company. The court ruled that Agronegocios del Plata, ADP, must compensate Silvia Nobelasco the equivalent to 6.800 dollars.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:09 UTC

  Abortion law in Uruguay stands; insufficient support to force a repeal referendum

  

  A liberal abortion law in Uruguay withstood a challenge Sunday as Uruguayan opponents failed to attract enough votes in a consultation ballot to force a national referendum on repealing it.

• Monday, June 24th 2013 - 03:09 UTC

  Bolivia will hold double membership of Mercosur and the Andean Community

  

  Bolivia will join Mercosur without abandoning the Andean Community and will continue with negotiations for a cooperation and trade agreement with the European Union, announced in La Paz the Foreign ministers from Bolivia, David Choquehuanca and Luis Almagro from Uruguay which currently holds the group’s chair.

• Monday, June 17th 2013 - 16:07 UTC

  Paraguay president-elect will not be attending Mercosur summit in Montevideo

  

  Paraguay president-elect Horacio Cartes ratified he will not be attending the coming Mercosur summit scheduled to take place July 12 in Montevideo, confirmed one of his foreign policy advisors since the Paraguayan position remains that “Venezuela is not a full member of Mercosur because the Paraguayan congress by overwhelming majority rejected such option in August 2012”.

• Saturday, June 15th 2013 - 02:33 UTC

  Uruguay’s economy expands 3.7% in the first quarter compared to a year ago

  

  Uruguay’s economy expanded 1.2% in the first quarter of the year compared to the last quarter of 2012, which had a poor performance of 0.1%, according to the latest release from the Central Bank. Likewise in the first quarter the economy increased 3.7% over the same period a year ago.

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 02:03 UTC

  Chinese jiggers’ seamen landed in Montevideo died of lack of proper food and tropical parasitosis

  

  The most probable death cause of the Chinese crewmembers from two jiggers in quarantine outside the port of Montevideo was lack of sufficient nutrient and balanced food plus tropical parasitosis, according to the primary forensic reports from Uruguayan health authorities.

• Thursday, June 13th 2013 - 21:56 UTC

  Mercosur July 12 summit in Montevideo will confirm return of suspended Paraguay

  

  The next Mercosur summit scheduled for the end of June in Montevideo has been delayed until 12 July, announced Uruguayan Foreign minister Luis Almagro. The new date was agreed by Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela earlier this week.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2013 - 07:34 UTC

  Uruguay central bank “less confident” in ability to bring down inflation to target

  

  Uruguay’s changes in the monetary policy regime as announced last week are unlikely to address the country’s inflation problems points out Capital Economics in its latest report emphasizing that a tighter economy policy and reduction of wage indexation remain the main challenges to keep within the 5% target.

• Monday, June 10th 2013 - 14:08 UTC

  Brazil JBS becomes largest chicken producer; purchases main tannery in Uruguay

  

  Brazil’s JBS SA, the world’s largest beef producer, agreed to buy assets from Marfrig Alimentos SA in Brazil and Uruguay, which will make it the world’s largest chicken producer. JBS will take on 5.85 billion Reais (2.74bn dollars) in debt for the Seara poultry and pork unit in Brazil and the Zenda tannery unit in Uruguay, the Sao Paulo-based company said in a regulatory filing today.