Uruguay

• Sunday, June 21st 2009 - 11:26 UTC

  Uruguayan farmers fearful of consolidation in meat sector

  

  The possible merger between the leading Brazilian meat groups, Marfrig and JBS Bertin could create the largest corporation in the world and among other things dominate over 30% of the Uruguayan cattle demand market.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2009 - 12:20 UTC

  Scornful clashes inside Uruguay’s ruling coalition surprise public opinion

  

  The dispute for Uruguay’s ruling coalition presidential nomination has spiralled to unexpected levels while a group of senior members try and work out a viable understanding between the leading hopefuls for the day after, when a unified Broad Front is essential to repeat victory in next October’s general election.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2009 - 06:08 UTC

  Uruguay confident that Portuguese pulp mill project remains on track

  

  Uruguay and the Brazilian state of Matto Grosso are disputing the massive investment of almost two billion US dollars in a pulp and paper plant which one of Portugal’s largest corporations is planning to build in South America, reported this week the Lisbon business daily Economico.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2009 - 05:28 UTC

  Uruguayan opposition with good chances of winning October election

  

  Even when the Uruguayan ruling coalition is ahead in vote intention for next October’s general election, according to the latest tendency from public opinion polls the deterioration of the Uruguayan economy in coming months plays in favour of the opposition, said the latest report from The Economist Intelligence Unit.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2009 - 05:20 UTC

  After 18 quarters of growth Uruguay technically in recession

  

  Contrary to government forecasts the Uruguayan economy plunged 2.9% in the first quarter of this year putting an end to 18 uninterrupted quarters of sustained growth. Although government officials downplayed the impact of the retraction, private analysts said this signals the beginning of a recession period in line with what is happening globally.

• 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.