Uruguay

• Monday, December 21st 2009 - 17:49 UTC

  Uruguay’s president-elect expected to announce ministerial cabinet this week

  

  Uruguay’s president elect Jose Mujica is expected to announce this week the ministerial cabinet that will be working with him when he takes office next March first, according to sources from his headquarters.

• Sunday, December 20th 2009 - 09:09 UTC

  New York Times praises the quality of Uruguayan beef from grass-fed cattle

  

  The New York Times dedicated a long piece to the quality and rising pre-eminence of Uruguayan beef in world markets, contrary to what is happening in neighbouring Argentina, still considered “king of the best beef in the world”

• Saturday, December 19th 2009 - 03:57 UTC

  Uruguay will retain close relations with Venezuela, “but no ALBA”

  

  Uruguay’s next Foreign Affairs minister Ambassador Luis Almagro said that president elect Jose Mujica’s administration will sustain “an important relation” with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez because it is the country’s main supplier of oil and one of ten leading trade partners.

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 12:51 UTC

  Ship loaded with Uruguayan livestock lost off Lebanon: 20 crew members rescued

  

  At least 20 crew members were rescued Thursday night after a cattle transport ship with more than 80 people capsized in waters off the coast of Tripoli when storms battered the eastern Mediterranean according to Lebanese security and United Nations sources.

• Friday, December 18th 2009 - 12:01 UTC

  President Obama envoy met with Mujica and today visits Paraguay

  

  Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo A. Valenzuela visited Uruguay on Thursday where he met with president elect Jose Mujica and Vice-president Danilo Astori.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 10:58 UTC

  US and Brazil agree on road map for Honduras national reconciliation

  

  United States and Brazil agree ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya must have safe passage to leave Honduras and want the country's de facto president to step down to pave the way for national reconciliation, a senior Brazilian official said on Monday.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2009 - 10:56 UTC

  Japan extends grant to Uruguay for solar power development

  

  Japan is extending Uruguay a grant of 8.5 million US dollars to finance a solar power project, according to official Japanese sources. Japan’s Foreign Affairs minister Katsuya Okada and his Uruguayan counterpart Pedro Vaz signed the document Monday.

• Saturday, December 12th 2009 - 15:32 UTC

  Uruguay tells Stora Enso: no new pulp mills next to Botnia

  

  Uruguayan president elect Jose Mujica said Friday that Finland’s Stora Enso will not be constructing a pulp mill along the border with Argentina close to where another mill, Botnia is already functioning and has led to an ongoing conflict with the neighbouring country.

• Saturday, December 12th 2009 - 14:57 UTC

  Four Korean fishing vessels burnt and lost in Montevideo in two months

  

  Between forty and fifty Asian crewmembers from two Korean flagged fishing vessels that caught fire Thursday night while docked in Montevideo, are being questioned by Uruguayan judicial authorities.

• Thursday, December 10th 2009 - 11:40 UTC

  Early next year Petrobras begins oil seismic surveying offshore Uruguay

  

  Petrobras begins seismic surveying offshore Uruguay in early 2010 and will keep its level of investments in Argentina as part of the Latinamerica expansion policy of the Brazilian government managed oil and gas corporation.