Uruguay

Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 05:56 UTC
Uruguay concerned with Argentina’s construction of atomic power plant

Uruguay is considering an alleged Argentine violation of the UN Nuclear Security Convention since it was never notified of the construction of the Atucha II atomic power plant, 100 kilometres to the north of the capital Buenos Aires and which is one of the country’s main public works.
Wednesday, June 23rd 2010 - 04:45 UTC
Top colours for Uruguayan president Mujica in his first 100 days

Uruguayan president Jose Pepe Mujica is riding high on public opinion approval in his first 100 days in office. According to the latest data from several pollsters, Mujica has an approval rating of 74%, which is 13 and 16 percentage points more than his two immediate predecessors Tabare Vazquez and Jorge Batlle.
Friday, June 18th 2010 - 20:39 UTC
Argentina does not rule out Brazil in the River Uruguay joint monitoring

Argentina’s Deputy Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti did not rule out the possibility of Brazil integrating the joint environmental monitoring of the River Uruguay currently being arranged by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica.
Friday, June 18th 2010 - 05:54 UTC
Mujica also wants Brazil in the joint monitoring of the River Uruguay

President Jose Mujica said the Wednesday night decision by Argentine activists to lift the (four year) blockade on a bridge leading to Uruguay was ‘our team’s fourth goal’ (in reference to that afternoon’s 3-0 victory over South Africa at the World Cup).
Thursday, June 17th 2010 - 06:13 UTC
Argentine activists suspend blockade; 60 days to reach agreement

Argentine activists voted Wednesday night to temporarily lift the roadblock on a bridge leading to Uruguay which has been at the heart of a diplomatic dispute between the two countries regarding the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side which allegedly contaminates.
Tuesday, June 15th 2010 - 05:17 UTC
Argentine pickets notified of charges for blockading bridge leading to Uruguay

The Argentine Gendarmerie following instructions from a federal judge notified Monday an estimated twenty Gualeguaychú picketers that a civil and criminal case was filed against them by the Argentine government for the roadblock of a bridge linking with neighbouring Uruguay.
Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:54 UTC
Argentine ministers call on pickets to abandon roadblock leading to Uruguay

Argentine ministers went public again on Friday to insist that there are no excuses left for keeping a roadblock on a bridge leading to neighbouring Uruguay, a long standing protest since 2006 against the construction of the Botnia pulp mill.
Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:51 UTC
Uruguay targeting a US dollar at 21/22 Pesos to help exporters

Uruguay will take ‘all the necessary measures’ to target the US dollar at 21/22 Pesos, its equilibrium point to help boost exports, according to Deputy Minister of Economy Pedro Buonomo.
Thursday, June 10th 2010 - 07:04 UTC
Beginning of the end to Argentine pickets blocking bridge leading to Uruguay

Argentina has filed criminal and civil charges against activists who have been blocking a bridge leading to Uruguay for over four years, announced on Wednesday cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez. The charges mark a sharp departure from the hands-off line taken up to now with the activists.
Thursday, June 10th 2010 - 07:02 UTC
Uruguay ranks as the most peaceful country in Latinamerica

Figures published this week by the Global Peace Index, GPI, show homicide rates and violent crime had increased around the world, particularly in Latin America, where levels of peacefulness showed the biggest slip over the past 12 months. According to that criteria Uruguay (24) ranks as the most peaceful country of the region and Colombia (138) the most violent out of a world total of 149.