Uruguay

Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay votes abortion bill and challenges president

Uruguay's Senate voted this week to decriminalize abortions during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy but President Tabare Vazquez is expected to veto the measure which will be upheld by the opposition.
Tuesday, November 11th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay Argentina preparing for another confrontation round

Uruguay and Argentina seem head on for another confrontation. Uruguay ratified it is considering the unilateral dredging of one of the two main River Plate channels it shares with Argentina to ensure the viability of huge projects which need navigational capacity for their production.
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay's exports up 31% but beginning to slowdown

In spite of a record year in export value, Uruguay's overseas sales are beginning to feel the international pinch from a weaker demand and lower prices for commodities according to the release of the latest statistics.
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Abortion bill triggers acid controversy in Uruguay

The Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, Nicolas Cotugno, warned this week that those legislators who vote for abortion are ”ipso facto (by that very fact) excommunicated.”
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Ten month retail inflation in Uruguay reaches 7.98%

Lower prices for food and beverage were not enough to impede Uruguay's October consumer price index from increasing 0.33% pushed by a stronger US dollar and weaker local currency.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay resumes sales of live cattle and sheep to Egypt

Uruguay has resumed live animal sales to Egypt with a first shipment of 12.000 cattle and 40.000 sheep in late October. Egypt for years was an important client of Uruguayan beef and live animals but for several years the market had remained closed.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay's president re-election campaign divides coalition

The campaign for the re-election of Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez has triggered a controversy inside the ruling coalition with, for the first time, a serious public exchange between the leader and a member of Congress.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay investigates local ramifications of suitcase scandal

Ramifications of the suitcase scandal involving Venezuela, Argentina and a Miami federal court have reached Uruguay, where a local judge has requested information from the Central Bank on accounts from some of the characters named in the trial.
Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay's ruling coalition dispute extends to the Senate

Uruguay's ruling coalition 2009 presidential candidate dispute has extended to the Senate where President Tabare Vazquez has been unable so far, to garner the sufficient votes to support the nomination of Central Bank members which is currently headless.
Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UN instructs Uruguay blue helmets to defend Congolese city

United Nations ordered a contingent of 600 Uruguayan blue helmets to take over the defence of the Congolese city of Goma --and its airport--, devastated by combats between the Congolese Army and rebel forces under the command of Laurent Nkunda.