Uruguay

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 19:01 UTC

  Malvinas controversy: Uruguay Senator sidesteps and swears full allegiance to Argentina

  

  Uruguayan Senator and presidential hopeful Constanza Moreira has clarified some of the concepts attributed to her relative to the Malvinas Islands and alleged Uruguayan sovereignty rights, which received extensive coverage in the Montevideo media and had repercussions in Argentina.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:55 UTC

  Three-day pouring rain and wind storm kills over 30.000 sheep in Uruguay

  

  Thousands of sheep dead, 1.500 people evacuated, blown roofs, flooded roads and farm land was the result of three days non-stop of pouring rainfall and strong winds that punished Uruguay beginning last Friday.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 07:18 UTC

  “One child-one laptop” program in Uruguay has failed to improve results in maths and reading

  

  The Uruguayan pioneering program “one child-one laptop” did not improve their performance in basic subjects such as maths and reading, according to a report from the country’s Institute of Economy and financed by the same education authorities. The report also points out to the lack of content in the laptops and the poor training of teachers.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 21:33 UTC

  Malvinas: Uruguay also considers it has historic sovereignty rights over the Islands

  

  Uruguay has founded claims over Malvinas Islands sovereignty based on international treaties and proclamations dating back to the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries, according to a paper put to consideration of the ruling coalition program draft committee, it was revealed by the Montevideo press.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 07:00 UTC

  Uruguay expects a floor of 230 cruise calls this coming 2013/14 cruise season

  

  Uruguay is expecting over 230 cruise calls this coming 2013/14 season and is in the process to install a network of cameras for crime control in downtown Montevideo, announced the Ministry of Tourism director Benjamin Liberoff.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2013 - 01:47 UTC

  Mujica to address UN assembly on 28 September; meeting with several Latam presidents

  

  Uruguay’s president Jose Mujica will be attending the UN 68th General Assembly on the last week of September in New York, where he is scheduled to meet with several of his Latinamerica peers and the Secretary General Ban-Ki-moon.

• Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:21 UTC

  Uruguay’s economy expands 5.6% in second quarter helped by hydroelectric production

  

  Uruguay's economy expanded 5.6% in the second quarter compared with the same period a year earlier and 2.1% compared with the first three months of this year, the central bank said in its quarterly report.

• Monday, September 16th 2013 - 01:19 UTC

  Cartes on a two-day visit to Pacific Alliance member Chile to promote trade and investments

  

  Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes begins on Monday a two-day visit to Chile where he is scheduled to meet his peer Sebastián Piñera and hold a round of talks with business people inviting them to invest in Paraguay. At the end of the month Cartes will be flying to Brasilia to meet President Dilma Rousseff.

• Friday, September 13th 2013 - 02:21 UTC

  UPM assessed as industry leader in environmental sustainability

  

  Finland’s energy and pulp UPM group has again been named among the world's sustainability leaders. The company has retained its position in both the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices (DJSI) for 2013-2014. Furthermore, the company has been assessed as the industry leader in environmental sustainability within the Paper and Forest Products sector with top scores.

• Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:52 UTC

  Uruguay and UK sign agreement for Chevening-ANII scholarships

  

  The British Ambassador in Montevideo, Ben Lyster-Binns, and the President of Uruguay’s National Research and Innovation Agency (ANII) Omar Macadar, signed this week an agreement to create the Chevening-ANII scholarships.