Uruguay

• Monday, June 15th 2009 - 13:41 UTC

  Mujica and Lacalle lead June 28 Uruguayan presidential primaries

  

  With less than two weeks for the presidential primaries in Uruguay, Senator Jose Mujica, a former guerrilla captain, is leading comfortably and should on June 28th emerge as the candidate of the left wing ruling catch-all coalition, Broad Front. In the opposition the most probable presidential candidate will be former president Luis Alberto Lacalle.

• Monday, June 15th 2009 - 12:50 UTC

  Former Uruguayan president favours eliminating Mercosur parliament

  

  Former Uruguayan president and the leading presidential hopeful of the main opposition party Luis Alberto Lacalle said that the Mercosur Parliament, Parlasur, lacks all meaning and purpose and proposed its dissolution, in an interview published Sunday in the Montevideo press.

• Monday, June 8th 2009 - 13:51 UTC

  Hamburg-Sud largest container vessel tested Montevideo port’s efficiency

  

  Hamburg Sud “Rio de la Plata”, the first of a newbuilding series of six identical vessels with a slot capacity of 5.900 containers (and 1.365 reefer container plugs) called last month in Montevideo.

• Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:52 UTC

  Poll shows Uruguay’s ruling coalition repeating next October

  

  The Uruguayan ruling coalition could repeat in next October general election according to the latest public opinion poll released this week in Montevideo. Pollster Radar has the Broad Front of President Tabare Vazquez with a vote intention of 46.7% and the sum of the opposition parties with 40.1%.

• Friday, June 5th 2009 - 08:13 UTC

  Argentina’s spat with Uruguay not exclusive, say diplomats

  

  The diplomatic spat to which Uruguay is being exposed by Argentina over the Botnia pulp mill conflict is not exclusive or an isolated case, it was revealed during a recent meeting of Uruguayan ambassadors that returned to Montevideo to address trade issues.

• Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 - 09:57 UTC

  Consumer prices in Uruguay down to 0.41% in May and 6.63% in twelve months

  

  Consumer prices in Uruguay during May increased 0.41%, and 6.63% in the last twelve months according to the latest release from the government’s Statistics Office.

• Monday, June 1st 2009 - 13:28 UTC

  Uruguay optimistic about tourism industry prospects

  

  Uruguay’s Tourism minister is optimistic about the evolution of the industry and forecasts 2009 will be a better year in US dollars, than 2008. In spite of the global slowdown and the influenza scare the flow of visitors to Uruguay remains steady and is expected to improve 5% over last year.

• Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 12:31 UTC

  “Failed” education anticipates “populist” governments in Uruguay

  

  Education in Uruguay has “failed” and the composition of the electorate has “changed dramatically”, an ideal mix for “populist proposals” said economist Ernesto Talvi, head of the social and economics think tank Ceres based in Montevideo.

• Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 12:24 UTC

  Uruguay inaugurates second wind farm with 10 MW capacity

  

  Uruguay officially inaugurated on Wednesday a 10 MW capacity wind turbine park financed and equipped by Spain. The park belonging to Uruguay’s power company UTE is one of the many different efforts to broaden and diversify energy generation in the country.

• Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 08:46 UTC

  Two possible scenarios for Uruguay’s recovery: 2010 and 2013

  

  The Uruguayan economy has two possible scenarios for recovery from the impact of the current world slowdown, in 2010 and in 2013, according to a local economics and social think tank, Ceres and its leading economist Ernesto Talvi.