Uruguay

• 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.

• Wednesday, October 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay's diaspora 700.000, approx. 21.1% of total population

  

  An estimated 700.000 Uruguayans are overseas residents according to a report from the Uruguayan Foreign Affairs ministry based on the recompilation of data from communities in 32 countries and 28 cities.

• Monday, October 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay admits “modest” impact from global slowdown

  

  The Uruguayan government admitted it expects growth to slow down as a consequence of the international financial crisis which is spreading to the real economy as demand retracts in the main world blocks.

• Saturday, October 25th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Vazquez re-election re-emerges strongly in Uruguay

  

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez is reconsidering the proposal for his re-election next year if the ruling coalition, Broad Front, can't agree on a 2009 consensus presidential ticket during the coming movement's congress.

• Friday, October 24th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Lightning kills 52 cattle during storm in Uruguayan farm

  

  A lightning killed 52 steers during an electric night storm earlier this week in a Uruguayan farm in San Jose, approximately a hundred kilometres from the capital Montevideo. Apparently the open range cattle were stunned to death as the lightning struck a metal fence.

• Monday, October 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay's coalition decides: “turn left” or “steady course”

  

  Uruguay's ruling coalition process to nominate a presidential candidate for next year's elections not only involves two hopefuls, but also a common program which, according to the latest events does not seem to be the case as the internal dispute becomes more evident.

• Monday, October 20th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Punta del Este is summer dream for Argentine tourists

  

  Mar del Plata in Argentina is the cheapest summer resort in the Mercosur area while Punta del Este,in Uruguay and Rio do Janeiro, Brazil outstand as the dearest according to a report from Buenos Aires consultants Management & Fit published in the Sunday press.

• Sunday, October 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay will invest 53 m USD in Montevideo port

  

  Uruguay will upgrade the Port of Montevideo facilities to enhance the port's efficiency and reduce maritime and river transportation costs with support from a 40 million US dollars loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.

• Friday, October 17th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay's coalition can't agree on consensus candidate

  

  The leader of Uruguay's senior partner group in the ruling coalition and presidential hopeful, Jose Mujica admitted that if the global financial crisis persists he would prefer his rival, former Economy minister Senator Danilo Astori to become the government's presidential candidate for 2009.

• Thursday, October 16th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay has a “financial shield” of 2 billion USD

  

  Uruguay has a financial protection in the range of two billion US dollars if for some reason the current situation in global markets in the next two years makes it highly difficult to issue sovereign bonds, according to Central Bank sources in Montevideo.