Uruguay

• Monday, May 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Majority of Antarctica operators stop off in the Falklands

  

  THE annual International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) conference was held in Punta Del Este, Uruguay this year.

• Monday, May 12th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay divided over “invasion” of Argentine farmers

  The Kirchners' administrations policy of heavily taxing Argentine farmers is having a very positive effect for neighboring Uruguay where a growing number of the most efficient farmers are now established, but some locals are not so convinced.

• Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay heading for a record export year: 6 billion US dollars

  

  Uruguay's exports increased 59.6% last April compared to the same month a year ago, with the whole expansion for the first four months reaching 44%, according to the latest statistics released by the government funded institution Uruguay XXI.

• Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay rice industry wants to double production

  Uruguay, South America's leading exporter of rice and among the world's top eight, traditionally has been forced to sell overseas 95% of its high quality grain given the country's scarce population and low consumption.

• Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay's April inflation of 0.33% surprises experts

  Uruguay's consumer price index, CPI, increased 0.33% in April the best performance so far in 2008 and the lowest since April 1962. This means that CPI in the first four months of the year reached 3.2%, (annualized 9.92%) and below the same period in 2007 (4.98%), according to the latest release from the national Statistics Institute.

• Tuesday, May 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Anti-inflation plan cost Uruguay 0.8% of GDP in 7 months

  Public utilities rates subsidies which have been applied since September 2007 to help contain inflation have cost the Uruguayan treasury 185 million US dollars, equivalent to 0.8% of the country's GDP. Prices are estimated to have moderated 1.5% on an annual basis.

• Monday, May 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  EC delegation checks Uruguay's fisheries plants and vessels

  A European Union sanitary mission is scheduled to begin this week the auditing of Uruguay's fishing industry, --processing plants and vessels--, announced Monday Daniel Montiel, head of the country's Aquatic Resources Department, DINARA.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  US and Uruguay sign technology cooperation accord

  

  United States and Uruguay signed on Tuesday a bilateral agreement to promote and increase cooperation in Science and Technology. The agreement was signed by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Uruguay's Foreign Affairs minister Gonzalo Fernandez during a ceremony at the State Department.

• Wednesday, April 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay anticipates commodities export boom to continue

  

  Uruguay's Economy minister Danilo Astori said there's no indication forecasting “the fall of Uruguayan exports international prices” in the framework of the current global surge of commodity prices.

• Saturday, April 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay acts to contain US dollar fall in local market

  

  Uruguay announced a package of measures to contain the effects of a collapsing US dollar in the local money market and to combat inflation. The local currency, Uruguayan peso, has appreciated almost 7% against the US dollar in the first four months of 2008 and has dropped to June 2002 levels which has caused concern among the country's exporters.