Uruguay

• Thursday, May 19th 2011 - 07:30 UTC

  Uruguay makes presentation in Seoul to attract Korean investors

  

  Uruguay’s sound economic and stable political environment were underlined by the country’s Deputy Minister for Public Works and Transport during a high level business forum to attract investors to Latin American which was held in the capital of South Korea, Seoul.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 16:57 UTC

  European Parliament stresses ‘desirability’ of EU/Mercosur balanced trade agreement

  

  Current trade negotiations between the European Union and Mercosur dominated the opening speeches at of Eurolat (Europe/Latin America Parliaments) Fifth Plenary Session which is taking place in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 16:46 UTC

  Argentina’s poor cousin? Not Uruguay

  

  The following piece by Jude Webber writing for the Financial Times explains the different approach by the two neighboring countries to the windfall earnings of the commodities boom.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 16:05 UTC

  Uruguay to begin marketing sale of 10-year Samurai bonds

  

  Uruguay started marketing a sale of 10-year Samurai bonds guaranteed by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, according to reports in the Montevideo and Tokyo financial press.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:58 UTC

  UK Foreign Office Minister visits Uruguay to strengthen trade and political ties

  

  Foreign Office Minister for Latin America Jeremy Browne will be visiting Uruguay from 20-21 May where he will be meeting government officials and key business people to strengthen ties between UK and the Mercosur member.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 17:39 UTC

  Brazil non automatic import licences on blankets from China and Uruguay

  

  Brazil announced it was imposing non automatic import licences on synthetic fibre blankets from Paraguay, Uruguay and China, according to an official communiqué from the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade released Tuesday.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 00:56 UTC

  Support for Uruguay president drops to 41%, down from 75% when taking office

  

  Support for Uruguayan president Jose Mujica dropped to 41%, nine percentage points less than last March and 34 points down from when he took office in March 2010, according to an Interconsult public opinion poll published Monday in one of Montevideo’s dailies.

• Monday, May 16th 2011 - 06:38 UTC

  Major setback for President Mujica and for the Uruguayan ruling coalition

  

  The administration of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica suffered a major setback over the weekend and could experience a further showdown on Thursday when members of the ruling coalition vote in Parliament the annulment of an Amnesty or Crimes expiration law which impedes the investigation of human rights violations committed during the country’s military dictatorship (1973/1985).

• Friday, May 13th 2011 - 14:11 UTC

  Mercosur has a surplus production of three million tons of rice

  

  Uruguay which does not harvest transgenic rice has been consolidating as a growing European Union supplier and is a traditional provider for Mexico and Middle East countries such as Iran and Iraq.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 20:22 UTC

  Killing of bank guard unveils Uruguay’s dilemma with expanding insecurity

  

  Activities in Uruguay’s private bank branches were partially altered Thursday following the killing earlier in the week of a security guard during a robbery attempt. This was the seventh bank robbery since the beginning of the year and triggered a controversy between the banks and the Ministry of Interior.