Uruguay

• Thursday, January 27th 2011 - 01:29 UTC

  Let’s stop Fooling Around and Spending so Much on Arms Says Uruguayan President Mujica

  

  The President of Uruguay Jose Mujica, on Wednesday concluded a two-day visit to Peru aimed at deepening trade and political relations. His next official port of call is Venezuela.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 22:23 UTC

  Another Good Year Expected For Uruguayan Bank Profits

  

  Uruguayan banks will probably be able to continue with last year’s profits in the current year, as the economy strengthens, Fernando Oliva, directory of consultancy at Doloitte told BNAmericas.

• Monday, January 24th 2011 - 17:45 UTC

  Mujica Controls Internet Use

  

  Uruguayan President Jose Mujica has banned his ministers, officials and general staff from using social networking sites such as Facebook, MSN, Twitter and Skype during work hours. The president said that workers spend too much time using internet and are distracted.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 23:05 UTC

  Uruguayan Low Unemployment Causing Problems

  

  To have low unemployment is something most countries would be proud of and not moan about. However, in Uruguay unemployment is at an all-time low of 6.1% and is causing concern among economists, human resource companies and businesses, reports the BBC.

• Thursday, January 20th 2011 - 17:17 UTC

  Brazilian and Uruguayan Foreign Ministers to Meet every Three Months

  

  Brazilian and Uruguayan Foreign Ministers Antonio Patriota and Luis Almagro have agreed to hold bilateral meetings every three months they announced during a press conference in Uruguay. The ministers met to discuss the forthcoming meeting between Uruguayan President Jose Mujica and his Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff, scheduled for the first week of February.

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 16:50 UTC

  Millions of Argentines Want to Live or Invest in Uruguay

  

  This news was revealed in a study done by the consulting firm Suma, sociologist César Aguiar, one of the people responsible for the study, emphasized the bond between both countries

• Tuesday, January 18th 2011 - 16:07 UTC

  70% of Uruguay's summer energy needs may come from wind farms by 2015, says state power company

  

  Announcing the preliminary results of a call for tenders to supply wind energy, UTE, Uruguay's state power company, announced that 21 companies and consortia had presented valid offers last week.

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 13:32 UTC

  Uruguay: A new pulp mill goes ahead

  

  Montes Del Plata, a 50/50 joint venture between Chilean Arauco and Finnish Stora Enso, manufactures cellulose pulp from wood, and has been operating in Uruguay since 2009.

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 12:25 UTC

  Estancia Vik, Jose Ignacio, Uruguay: The Art of Doing Nothing

  

  Il dolce far niente, (the art of doing nothing), an old Italian expression, so difficult to define with words, becomes crystal-clear once you set foot in Estancia Vik in Jose Ignacio, Uruguay.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 20:09 UTC

  Scarce rainfall forces Uruguay to buy power from Argentina

  

  Uruguay facing a severe drought and insufficient rainfall began this week to receive electricity from the Argentine power grid. Uruguay’s electricity is mainly hydroelectric and in the country’s main dams the water level has been falling dramatically.