Uruguay

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 01:03 UTC

  Energy, trade and cooperation in Mujica/Chavez agenda

  

  Energy, trade and bilateral cooperation are the main issues of the agenda that Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will address with his Venezuelan peer Hugo Chavez on Wednesday in Caracas.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 00:59 UTC

  Uruguay received 2.9 million overseas tourists last year

  

  A total 2.9 million tourists arrived in Uruguay during 2009, spending an estimated 1.3 billion US dollars, according to the latest figures announced by Tourism Minister Hector Lescano.

• Tuesday, April 6th 2010 - 03:48 UTC

  CFK and Mujica discuss Bolivian gas and the Botnia pulp mill ruling

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica met Monday afternoon during a surprise visit to the Olivos presidential residence in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, April 2nd 2010 - 23:05 UTC

  Uruguay’ government gross debt ballooned 31.5% in 2009, to 69% of GDP

  

  Uruguay’s government overall debt skyrocketed 31.5% during 2009 according to the latest data released by the country’s Central Bank. This marks a complete reversal from the previous four years that could be described as very prudent.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 02:30 UTC

  Mercosur is Uruguay’s main market for value-added exports, says Mujica

  

  Uruguayan president Jose “Pepe” Mujica admitted Mercosur has its problems but it is also the market for Uruguayan exports with most added value: “to the rest of the world we sell mostly commodities, to Mercosur Uruguayan input”.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 02:21 UTC

  NZ dairy company in Uruguay sells land to pay debts, but plans to remain

  

  New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay, listed in the NZ stock exchange, has sold 2,500 hectares of land on its Tobay farm in eastern Uruguay for 8.5 million US dollars in a move that will allow it to repay nearly half an outstanding debt to shareholder PGG Wrightson.

• Monday, March 29th 2010 - 04:16 UTC

  Mujica meets Lula da Silva to consider bilateral and regional integration

  

  Increasing trade, bilateral and regional integration dominate Monday’s agenda for the meeting in Brasilia between President Lula da Silva and Uruguayan leader Jose Mujica.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 00:37 UTC

  Uruguay outperformed other regional economies, expanding 2.9% in 2009

  

  Uruguay outperformed all other Latinamerican countries last year, according to the latest available data on 2009 economic growth. The data shows the Uruguayan economy expanded 2.9% in 2009, compared to 1.2% for Peru and 0.9% in Argentina.

• Wednesday, March 24th 2010 - 05:18 UTC

  Argentina’s top ballet dancer head of Uruguay’s Dance Company

  

  Argentina’s renowned ballet dancer Julio Bocca has been named by Uruguayan president Jose Mujica as the new director of the official Sodre Performances and Dance Company.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 22:10 UTC

  Uruguay on the world’s viticulture map with its distinctive Tannat wines

  

  Argentina has its Malbec; Chile has its Carmenere and now Uruguay, not to be out-classed by its more famous wine-producing neighbours, is taking the world of viticulture by storm, with its distinctive Tannat wines.