Uruguay

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:31 UTC

  Uruguay’s beef and lamb exports up in value but down in volume

  

  Uruguay’s beef exports in the first four months of 2011 have been lower in volume but higher in revenue compared to the same period a year ago. Something similar is happening with lamb although the fall in volume was even greater.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:27 UTC

  Record rice crop in Uruguay: 1.65 million tons but farmers concern with prices

  

  Uruguay harvested a record crop of rice this year totalling 1.65 million tons and marked the second highest area planted with the cereal, 195.000 hectares compared to the 200.000 of eleven years ago.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 16:10 UTC

  Ban Ki Moon to visit Uruguay that will hold UN Human Rights Council presidency

  

  Uruguay will be holding next month the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council during 2011/2012 and for this motive UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to visit Uruguay June 16th when he will be meeting President Jose Mujica and other top officials.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 11:01 UTC

  Korean jiggers mooring off-season in Uruguayan fluvial port

  

  Three Korean jiggers which normally spend off-season time in Montevideo have moored in the port of Fray Bentos on the River Uruguay, as part of the de-centralization process launched by Uruguayan port authorities.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 00:35 UTC

  Philip Morris takes Uruguay to international court because of tobacco-ban policy

  

  One of the world’s biggest tobacco companies is launching a claim against Uruguay for considering the country’s legislation commercially damaging to the company. Philip Morris corporation has filed a claim at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank branch.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 22:37 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentine LNG floating terminal project attracts 39 industry leaders

  

  Uruguay and Argentina have received interest from 39 companies to build infrastructure for a floating LNG terminal, a project they are fast-tracking to start operations by the end of 2013, a project adviser said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 25th 2011 - 15:27 UTC

  Uruguay the most peaceful country in Latam, says Global Peace report

  

  Uruguay is the most peaceful country in Latin America followed by Costa Rica and Chile according to the latest edition of the Global Peace reported released Wednesday by the Institute for Economy and Peace.

• Monday, May 23rd 2011 - 00:58 UTC

  Uruguay ratifies “continental solidarity” in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

  

  Uruguay ratified to visiting UK Foreign Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne, Montevideo’s “continental solidarity” policy with Argentina regarding the Falklands/Malvinas dispute but also described relations with the UK as “extremely cordial”.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 09:14 UTC

  US processor building 180.000 tons storage grain terminal in Uruguay

  

  US agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland Co said this week it was building a grain export terminal in Nueva Palmira, Uruguay, capable of loading large bulk shipments of corn, wheat, soybeans and soy-meal.

• Friday, May 20th 2011 - 10:24 UTC

  Uruguayan airline Pluna planning to open new domestic routes in Chile

  

  For years LAN Chile has dominated the Chilean airways, but recent reports suggest Uruguayan based airline Pluna is hoping to open up new domestic flights within Chile, increasing the competition already offered by Sky airlines and PAL airlines.