Uruguay

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2011 - 02:53 UTC

  Uruguay disappointed with Indian group downgrading iron-ore project priority

  

  The Uruguayan government was taken aback by the announcement that the Indian iron-ore mining group Zamin Ferrous has decided to downgrade the priority of its several hundred millions dollar project in Uruguay from position one to four.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 15:41 UTC

  Uruguay condemns statements denying Holocaust by Iran ambassador

  

  Uruguay has condemned statements denying the Holocaust made by Iran's ambassador in Montevideo Hojatollah Soltani

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2011 - 15:31 UTC

  “Empress of Uruguay”, world’s largest amethyst geode vandalized

  

  The 2.5 tons Empress of Uruguay is slightly less impressive after a tourist pinched a piece of the world's largest amethyst on show in Queensland, Australia.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina summit will address canal dredging and power transmission

  

  The dredging of the Uruguay River and access to the Martin Garcia canal as well as importing power from Paraguay are the two main issues of the agenda to be addressed by Presidents Jose Mujica and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when they meet Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 22:47 UTC

  Record Foreign Direct Investment in Uruguay in 2010 with 2.35 billion dollars

  

  Foreign Direct Investment, FDI, in Uruguay was record in 2010 with 2.35 billion dollars (47.8% higher than in 2009) according to the latest report on global investment from the UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD. FDI represented 30.5% of total gross investment in Uruguay last year.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 20:40 UTC

  Polar front freezes Argentina and Uruguay with below zero temperatures

  

  A polar front advancing over Argentina and Uruguay dragged the thermometers Monday morning in yet another freezing day in the south of the continent. Below zero temperatures were registered in several locations reaching minus 16,2 Celsius in Malargüe, Mendoza Province, according to Argentina’s Meteorological Service (SMN).

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 07:02 UTC

  Uruguayan Peso over-valued 17.4% against the dollar according to Big Mac’s PPP

  

  The Uruguayan Peso is 17.4% over-valued against the US dollar according to the Big Mac index from The Economist which means the greenback should be trading in Montevideo money markets at 21.62 Pesos and not 18.25 Pesos as currently happens.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 04:16 UTC

  ECLAC honours Uruguayan economist and banker Enrique Iglesias

  

  The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC, held a ceremony in its Santiago de Chile headquarters to honour Enrique Iglesias, the Uruguayan economist who was executive secretary of the commission from 1972 to 1985 and is currently, Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Secretariat.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2011 - 08:25 UTC

  S&P upgrades Uruguay’s rating to BB+, just one notch below investment grade

  

  The credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s upgraded on Monday Uruguay’s rating by one notch to BB-plus, only one notch below investment grade, praising years of “prudent and consistent” economic policies in the country.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 12:06 UTC

  Argentina/Uruguay agree TACs for sharks and rays in common fishing zone

  

  Argentina and Uruguay have agreed on total allowable catches (TAC) of 4,000 tons and 9,000 tons for smooth-hound shark (Mustelus spp.) and ray (Rajidae) in the Common Fishing Zone (CFZ), which is shared by the neighbouring countries.