Uruguay

• Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 05:49 UTC

  Uruguayan Foreign Minister says Falklands are an “inadmissible colonial enclave”

  

  Uruguay considers that British control over the Falklands or Malvinas Islands constitutes a “colonial enclave”, which is “inadmissible”, and that is why Falklands’ flagged vessels are barred from entering Uruguayan ports, said on Friday Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro.

• Friday, December 16th 2011 - 19:04 UTC

  UK discussing with Uruguay officials docking ban for Falklands flagged vessels

  

  The British Embassy in Montevideo is discussing with Uruguayan authorities the implications of President Jose Mujica public statement that Falklands/Malvinas flagged vessels “are banned from docking in the port of Montevideo”.

• Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  Mujica denies Argentine pressure, but confirms Falklands flagged vessels are banned

  

  Uruguayan President José ‘Pepe’ Mujica denied on Thursday afternoon suffering pressure from the Argentine government to restrict British ships from docking at Montevideo’s ports.

• Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 20:59 UTC

  Astori anticipates investment grade and the white list for Uruguay in 2012

  

  Vice president Danilo Astori anticipated that in 2012 Uruguay will recover investment grade and said that including Uruguay in the OECD “grey list” was a “tremendous injustice” which did not take into account all the advances achieved in combating money laundering and narcotics trade.

• Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 19:53 UTC

  Argentina bullying Uruguay on canal dredging and Falkland Islands flagged vessels

  

  Uruguay has banned the docking of Falklands/Malvinas flagged vessel in the port of Montevideo, following on complaints from Argentina that several fishing vessels with that flag, in recent months had been operating from Montevideo.

• Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 03:50 UTC

  Uruguay meat exports reach 1.5 billion dollars in eleven months

  

  In eleven months of 2011 Uruguayan meat exports jumped 21% in value compared to the same period a year ago, totalling 1.505 billion dollars and 373.548 tons according to the latest release from the country’s National Meat Board (INAC).

• Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 03:45 UTC

  Uruguayan president and Vice-president publicly clash over education policy

  

  The Uruguayan president and Vice president have again openly clashed this time over education reform. First Lady and Senator Lucia Topolansky described Vice-president Danilo Astori’s comments on the issue as “negative” and praised the attitude of teachers’ unions involved in the reform effort.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2011 - 23:07 UTC

  Credit ratings remain reluctant to award Uruguay ‘investment grade’

  

  Credit rating agencies believe that in spite of the successful management of its sovereign debt Uruguay still has some issues to improve before investment grade is awarded. Moody’s has promised to visit Uruguay at the beginning of next year to assess those conditions.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 06:56 UTC

  Uruguay monetary policy trapped between inflation or stimulating the economy

  

  The Uruguayan central bank “Monetary Policy Committee” will attempt to balance ‘concern’ over inflation with the increasing international uncertainty when it meets next 29 December, said the bank’s president Mario Bergara.

• Monday, December 12th 2011 - 19:54 UTC

  Mercosur planning to change rules to ensure full incorporation of Venezuela

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica announced Mercosur is considering the modification of legislation so that Venezuela can definitively be incorporated as a full member to the South American trade block, which has been blocked for several years now by the Paraguayan Congress.