Uruguay

• Thursday, April 16th 2009 - 09:59 UTC

  Former guerrilla leads Uruguay’s ruling coalition presidential primary

  

  Uruguay’s presidential hopeful and former guerrilla leader Jose Mujica leads comfortably in the ruling coalition’s coming primary scheduled for next June 28th, according to the latest public opinion poll released this week.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 11:48 UTC

  Uruguay: “Government Transfers and Political Support”

  

  A working paper from the US National Bureau of Economic Research, estimates the impact of a large anti-poverty program -- the Uruguayan PANES -- on political support for the government that implemented it.

• Monday, April 13th 2009 - 07:26 UTC

  Darwin collected Uruguayan bird egg rediscovered in Cambridge

  

  On the 200 anniversary of Charles Darwin birth and in the same month of 1833, when HMS Beagle anchored in the Bay of Maldonado, Uruguay, a volunteer rediscovered in Cambridge a bird egg collected by the world famous scientist in Uruguay.

• Sunday, April 12th 2009 - 05:34 UTC

  Uruguay: Real Estate Sales Continue to Boom in Punta del Este

  

  While property prices in destinations like Europe and North America have been deeply affected by the global financial crisis, luxury real estate in this renowned South
  American getaway remains exceptionally strong.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 05:38 UTC

  First meeting of Uruguay chancellor with Hillary Clinton

  

  The coming Americas summit in Trinidad Tobago, bilateral affairs and regional issues was the long agenda addressed by Uruguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Gonzalo Fernandez during a meeting Monday with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the US State Department.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2009 - 05:12 UTC

  Uruguay modifies bidding terms for offshore oil exploration

  

  The Uruguayan government has modified the bidding terms for offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation, given the dramatic fall in oil prices and the deepening global economic crisis.

• Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 11:04 UTC

  Uruguay’s March inflation, 0.77% and 1.29% in first quarter

  

  Uruguay’s consumer inflation climbed 0.77% in March according to the release from the country’s Statistics Office. In the first quarter of 2009, retail prices have risen 1.29% and 7.53% in the last twelve months.

• Saturday, April 4th 2009 - 05:16 UTC

  Uruguay de-listed from group of non cooperative tax havens

  

  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, (OECD) welcomed on Thursday the formal endorsement by Uruguay of its tax information exchange standards.

• Friday, April 3rd 2009 - 14:35 UTC

  Uruguay and Costa Rica figure as non-cooperative tax havens

  

  The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD has placed Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines and Uruguay on its blacklist of non-cooperative tax havens, as part of efforts agreed at the G 20 London summit to crack down on tax evasion.

• Thursday, April 2nd 2009 - 09:03 UTC

  Misleading opinion polls confuse Uruguayan primary election

  

  Two public opinion polls released this week ahead of Uruguay’s June’s primary election when political parties must choose their presidential candidates virtually coincide in the standing of the different hopefuls. However they differ dramatically regarding the overall vote: ruling coalition versus the opposition.