Uruguay

• Monday, January 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: Uruguay expects favorable ruling

  

  The Uruguayan government is confident of a positive ruling from the International Court of The Hague calling for an end to blockades by Argentine environmentalists protesting against the construction of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan side of a shared river that acts as a natural border between the neighboring countries.

• Sunday, January 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Salvaged “Holberg” towed to Montevideo for repairs

  

  The Uruguayan flagged scallop trawler “Holberg” which ran aground in the Falkland Islands and was later re-floated by a team of divers from the Uruguayan Navy finally arrived in Montevideo over the weekend, towed by the “Mariana Rojamar II”.

• Friday, January 19th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay and Argentina clash over pulp mills in Rio do Janeiro

  

  Uruguay and Argentina clashed over the pulp mills controversy during the Thursday meeting of the Mercosur ministerial Council currently taking place in Rio do Janeiro.

• Thursday, January 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay/US sign TIFA agreement next week

  Uruguay and United States will sign next week a trade and investment agreement to strengthen and diversify bilateral trade relations announced in Washington John Veroneau, deputy chief of the US Trade Representative Office.

• Thursday, January 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Growing complaints about Buquebus ferry service

  

  Hundreds of passengers waiting to travel on the ferry shuttle between Buenos Aires and Montevideo suffered this week unexpected delays because of lack of vessels and stricter migration regulations for minors, admitted Buquebus, the company which has a virtual monopoly of the River Plate crossings.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine tourism in Uruguay drops 20% in first fortnight

  

  Uruguay's Deputy Tourism Minister Lilian Kechiciahn revealed that in the first fortnight of 2007 the number of Argentine tourists traveling to Uruguay dropped 20% compared to a year ago, mainly because of the ongoing controversy over the construction of the Finnish Botnia-Orion pulp mill.

• Tuesday, January 16th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: Botnia willing to sit and discuss

  Finland's Botnia is willing to sit and discuss with Argentina and Uruguay a negotiated solution to the controversy over the building of a pull mill in Uruguay which Argentina argues will be highly contaminating.

• Saturday, January 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ambitious project to recover Uruguay's flag carrier

  

  The international investment group which is capitalizing Uruguay's flag air carrier PLUNA plans to balance the deficit ridden company by the end of this year with a five to six months “restructuring plan” to be implemented once the incorporation of the group is signed at the end of January.

• Wednesday, January 3rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities forecast 4.6% growth in 2007

  

  Uruguay's Minister of Economy Danilo Astori announced Wednesday the country's economy would expand 4.6% in 2007, after having finished the third year running of expansion above the region's average.

• Tuesday, December 26th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay's recovery “has exceeded all expectations”

  

  The recovery of the Uruguayan economy from the 2002 crisis “has exceeded all expectations” but continued efforts are needed “to entrench macroeconomic stability, deepen structural reforms and reduce vulnerabilities”, reports the IMF in the last reviews of a stand by arrangement with Uruguay.