Uruguay

• Friday, July 26th 2013 - 06:41 UTC

  Fifteen months ahead of presidential election, Uruguay’s ruling coalition continues to lead

  

  Fifteen months ahead of October 2014 presidential election, over 80% of Uruguayans are willing to reveal whom they will vote, ‘if elections were held next Sunday’, according to the latest public opinion poll from Cifra and released this week.

• Friday, July 26th 2013 - 06:11 UTC

  Mujica praises Fidel Castro as a brilliant man promoter of ideas

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica currently in Havana said he had an enlightening conversation with the leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro whom he described as “a wise old man who continues to be brilliant” and a ‘promoter of ideas”.

• Thursday, July 25th 2013 - 06:01 UTC

  Uruguay expects to launch its first broadcasting and infrared info satellite in 2014

  

  The first satellite of the Uruguayan AntelSat project will be launched at the beginning of 2014, according to the country's telecom authority Antel.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2013 - 07:15 UTC

  Mujica flies to Havana to meet the Castro brothers and celebrate 60 years of Cuba’s revolution

  

  Uruguayan president and former guerrilla Jose Mujica left Tuesday night for Cuba where he is scheduled to hold meetings with President Raul Castro, the revolution leader Fidel Castro and attend the celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the assault on the Moncada military fort.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:39 UTC

  Mujica praises the OAS and the report on the drug problem in the Americas

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS), Secretary General José Miguel Insulza, presented on Monday Uruguayan president José Mujica the Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, prepared by the hemispheric institution following a mandate of the Sixth Summit of the Americas.

• Tuesday, July 23rd 2013 - 07:21 UTC

  Uruguay’s citrus production down 30% because of severe weather a year ago

  

  Uruguay’s major citrus crops estimates place production at almost a third lower than the previous year, the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fishing (MGAP) reported.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:32 UTC

  OAS chief Inzulza in Uruguay to present report on drug problem in the Americas

  

  The Organization of American States Secretary General José Miguel Insulza begins Monday a two day visit to Uruguay for the formal presentation of the “Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas” which has the support of several Latinamerican countries and former leaders of the region who have proposed a completely new approach to the drugs challenge.

• Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 06:24 UTC

  Uruguay is “extremely expensive: construction costs are double those of Argentina”

  

  Uruguay is not expensive, ‘it has become extremely expensive” with construction costs that are double those of Argentina, claimed Eduardo Constantini, an Argentine business man with strong investments in Uruguay, the latest of which building 500 summer houses along the eastern coast.

• Thursday, July 18th 2013 - 09:08 UTC

  President-elect demands rule of the law before Paraguay returns as active Mercosur member

  

  Paraguayan president elect Horacio Cartes confirmed that his government will insist in its position regarding Mercosur, which expects Paraguay to return as full active member following the inauguration ceremony 15 August.

• Tuesday, July 16th 2013 - 20:10 UTC

  Total plans to spud first exploratory well in Uruguay’s continental shelf in 2015

  

  The French oil and gas company Total confirmed that at the beginning of 2015 it will spud its first exploratory well in deep waters of the Uruguayan continental shelf, according to Juan Gomez, one of directors from the country’s fuel company Ancap.