Uruguay

• Saturday, March 20th 2010 - 04:18 UTC

  A clear majority of Uruguayans optimistic about President Mujica’s government

  

  A clear majority of Uruguayans, 61% is optimistic about the future and believes that the government of President Jose Mujica will “be good or very good”, according to the latest Equipos Mori public opinion poll released this week.

• Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 00:43 UTC

  Uruguay enjoys record crops but 2010 prospects not so clear

  

  Uruguay expects for this year a record export of grains and oilseeds, however prospects for the rest of the year are not too clear given abundant crops worldwide which will have an impact on prices.

• Monday, March 15th 2010 - 20:16 UTC

  Uruguay/Bolivia sign agreement to exchange natural gas for sea outlet

  

  Bolivia will gain access to Atlantic ports in Uruguay in exchange for a pledge of natural gas exports to Montevideo in an agreement signed in La Paz by presidents Evo Morales and José Mujica.

• Saturday, March 13th 2010 - 00:09 UTC

  Brussels approves Uruguayan fish industry sanitary standards

  

  The European Commission (EC) has ruled that the controls carried out by Uruguayan sanitary authorities guarantee the “adequate standards” demanded by Community norms for imported seafood products.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 00:42 UTC

  Germany wants “Graf Spee” Nazi eagle displayed in a museum

  

  German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called Tuesday for wreckage from a Nazi-era warship recovered off the coast of Uruguay to be displayed in a museum rather than auctioned to the public.

• Tuesday, March 9th 2010 - 22:37 UTC

  Mujica first overseas trip: Piñera’s inauguration and Bolivia

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will be present Thursday at the inauguration ceremony of Chilean president-elect Sebastián Piñera and will later travel to Bolivia, his first overseas trip since taking office March first, according to government house sources.

• Saturday, March 6th 2010 - 11:33 UTC

  Mujica will be present at Piñera’s inauguration but not Lula da Silva

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica has confirmed his attendance to the inauguration of Chilean president elect Sebastián Piñera next March 11. However news from Sao Paulo indicates that President Lula da Silva will not be participating at the very austere ceremony to be held in Valparaiso.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 04:26 UTC

  Uruguay: Mujica calls for political dialogue and commitment to Mercosur

  

  Jose “Pepe” Mujica, (74) who decades ago served time in prison for taking up arms against Uruguay's “bourgeois state” was sworn in Monday as the country's new president. In his main speech he called for dialogue and regional integration.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2010 - 02:24 UTC

  Hillary Clinton praises Uruguayan democratic system as “very strong”

  

  United States Secretary of States Hillary Clinton described the Uruguayan democracy as “very strong” and praised the solidity of its political system. Mrs. Clinton was in Montevideo on Monday, for a few hours, representing President Barack Obama in the inauguration ceremony of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica.

• Monday, March 1st 2010 - 06:00 UTC

  Uruguay aims to reduce debt load and boost trade in next five years

  

  Uruguay’s Vice President-elect Danilo Astori said the next government will reduce the country’s debt load and seek to boost trade with the rest of the world in a bid to bolster economic growth.