Uruguay

Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 18:48 UTC
EU report quantifies losses for farmers from a trade accord with Mercosur

A week before the next round of negotiations for an ambitious association and trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, a paper from the EU Joint Research Study centre, JRS, quantifies the alleged losses of such a deal for European farmers.
Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 02:41 UTC
Chilean and Finnish companies confirm second pulp mill in Uruguay

Chilean fuel and forestry conglomerate Empresas Copec SA will invest a record 1.2 billion US dollars this year, company president Roberto Angelini said on Wednesday, according to local newswire Valor Futuro.
Thursday, April 28th 2011 - 02:38 UTC
Indian minister visits Uruguay and Argentina to promote trade with Mercosur

A top level Indian business delegation headed by Minister of state for Commerce and Industry Jyotiraditya Scindia is travelling to Argentina and Uruguay to boost ties with Mercosur, according to the Indo-Asian news agency.
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 08:30 UTC
Uruguay’s flag carrier Pluna orders three more Canadian CRJ900

Canada’s Bombardier Aerospace said Monday it has received another follow-on order from Uruguay’s flag carrier Pluna for three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets, helping the manufacturer's efforts to avoid layoffs.
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:10 UTC
Guerrilla/military events from forty years back poison Uruguayan politics

The release of an alleged unfinished pact negotiated over a decade ago between former urban guerrillas and the military triggered serious controversy in Uruguay in the midst of a political debate to overrule a bill which exempts former officers from going to court for alleged human rights abuses during the military dictatorship (1093/1085).
Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 02:02 UTC
“Eco-fascism” or fundamentalist environmentalism joins political jargon

Campaigns in extreme defence of Nature and the environment can turn into a sort of “eco-fascism” unable to solve the home problems for millions or modify the consumerism paradigm of modern societies, warns a new academia discussion publication in Argentina.
Tuesday, April 26th 2011 - 05:49 UTC
Price of farmland in Uruguay increased on average 13% during 2010

The average price for a hectare of farmland in Uruguay during 2010 increased 13% and reached 2.650 US dollars. The average farmland hectare in 2009 was 2.239 USD.
Wednesday, April 20th 2011 - 04:44 UTC
Uruguay’s booming tourism industry needs “a harbour for cruise vessels”

Uruguay is seriously considering the construction of a harbour for the cruise industry and admits infrastructure is already lacking in many areas for the exponential growth of the tourism industry, which in 2011 could be reaching the targets set out for the five year period 2010/2014.
Tuesday, April 19th 2011 - 17:30 UTC
Uruguay admits to IMF concern over inflation, but rejects capital flow controls

Uruguay’s concern with inflation risks and instruments to ‘mitigate’ its impact was underlined by the region’s representative at the IMF Monetary and Financial Committee meeting in Washington where the IMF and World Bank are holding their spring meetings.
Tuesday, April 19th 2011 - 04:04 UTC
Wikileaks reveals Malaysian air force over up of F-5 jet engines which turned up in Uruguay

The Malaysian government failed to inform Washington that two “US-supplied” F-5 fighter jet engines had gone missing since May 22, 2008, despite having at least “three opportunities” to come clean, according to leaked United States diplomatic cables released recently.
The engines two years later were finally located two years later in Uruguay.