Uruguay

• Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula: “Uruguay should be satisfied with Mercosur benefits”

  ”All Mercosur members should be satisfied with the benefits and advantages obtained inside the (trade) block, because only like this will they remain hooked to the integration process”, said Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva who this Monday begins a (long expected) brief six hours visit to neighbouring Uruguay.

• Thursday, February 15th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Four dead, 25 intoxicated in jigger accident in Montevideo

  

  Four crew members killed and 25 intoxicated including rescue workers was the final toll of an ammoniac escape/explosion on board a Korean jigger moored at the port of Montevideo.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Botnia keeps to plan and opens disputed pulp mill in 3Q

  

  The controversial Botnia-Orion pulp mill under construction in Uruguay and challenged by Argentina, is “keeping to the timetable” and forecasted to be “officially inaugurated” sometime in the third quarter of this year (July-September), according to reliable sources from the Finnish corporation.

• Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: next round in Madrid, early March

  

  Representatives from Uruguay and Argentina will sit to dialogue about the pulp mill controversy at the end of February or beginning of March in Madrid, according to diplomatic sources in Montevideo.

• Wednesday, February 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Controversy in Uruguayan government over Bush's March visit

  

  United States president George Bush will be visiting Uruguay next March 8/9 as part of a Latinamerican tour that also includes Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala and Colombia, was announced Wednesday in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay: Punta's real-estate explosion

  

  The glitter is back at the Uruguayan peninsula long known as South America's summer playground for the rich and famous — a Latin version of Monaco or the Hamptons of New York.

• Monday, February 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills: uneventful protest of pickets in Montevideo

  A small group of Argentine pickets protesting the construction of pulp mills in a shared and jointly managed river with neighboring Uruguay took their complaints to Montevideo Monday morning where they distributed leaflets but finally had to be escorted under protection by police forces.

• Wednesday, January 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: Argentina on full offensive

  

  Uruguay promised to consider all proposals from the Spanish Crown envoy who is attempting to “facilitate a dialogue” between Argentina and Uruguay that are confronted over the construction of pulp mills in a shared border river.

• Thursday, January 25th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay signs trade agreement with United States

  Following months of negotiations the Uruguayan government signed Thursday a controversial trade agreement with United States in spite of dissent inside the left leaning ruling coalition over how far closer links with Washington will lead.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pulp mills: new round of shuttle diplomacy by Spain's envoy

  

  Argentina on Wednesday reiterated confidence in Spain's dialogue “facilitating” efforts and called for “collaboration” in reaching a solution for the diplomatic conflict with Uruguay over the construction or pulp mills.