Uruguay

• Monday, August 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Minerva II opens Montevideo 2008/09 cruise season

  

  The first vessel to call in Montevideo port, Uruguay, this coming 2008/09 cruise season is Minerva II which will be arriving November 21st, according to an official report from local authorities.

• Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Right moment for Montevideo port to become regional hub

  

  The recurrent conflicts in Brazilian ports are having a direct impact on River Plate maritime traffic but the situation could be overcome if Montevideo expands its facilities and becomes a hub for the region, according to maritime agents.

• Monday, July 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay brand beef shipped directly to EU consumers

  

  By the end of the year Uruguay will be shipping beef directly to European Union consumers. The locally packed presentations will have all the traceability information plus the brand name with all the consumer data the supermarket wishes or has to comply with.

• Monday, July 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay presents in The Hague documents on Botnia dispute

  

  Uruguay will be complying Monday with its final written presentation in The Hague on the Botnia pulp mill construction dispute with Argentina that alleges Uruguay ignored water joint management agreements.

• Monday, July 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay record year for farm production and export

  

  Farm production in Uruguay will consolidate its sixth year running of expansion, 66.5% since 2002, and farm exports are forecasted to reach 4.2 billion US dollars, a 51% increase over last year, according to a report from the Ministry of Agriculture Programming and Policies Office, OPYPA.

• Monday, July 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Striking policemen replaced by soldiers & sailors in Uruguay

  

  Soldiers and sailors have been temporarily contracted by Uruguayan county authorities to help with basic law and order because of a Police strike.

• Thursday, July 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  S&P raises Uruguay's credit rating one level to BB-

  

  Uruguay's debt rating was raised one level by Standard & Poor's, citing the country's economic expansion and international debt reduction. S&P lifted Uruguay's foreign-debt rating to BB-, three levels below investment grade, from B+. The outlook on the rating is stable, S&P said in a statement.

• Thursday, July 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Investment and exports behind Uruguay's growth

  

  Productive investment and exports have been behind the sustained growth of the Uruguayan economy since the crisis of 2002, according to Fernando Lorenzo head of the Macroeconomic and Financial Advisors Office from the country's Ministry of Economy.

• Thursday, July 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay, 2007 Latam tourism receipts growth champ

  

  Panama continues to be the fastest-growing tourism market in Latin America, but Uruguay is the winner when it comes to growth in receipts. Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic is the country with the region's highest receipts as a percentage of GDP, according to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis of new data from the World Tourism Organization.

• Monday, July 14th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay Botnia pulp mill has not affected air and water quality

  

  An international report on the environmental performance of the Botnia pulp plant in Uruguay, since its opening last November, indicates no quality modifications to the air or water of the River Uruguay next to which the huge Finnish owned complex has been built.