Uruguay

• Thursday, October 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  US Secretary of Commerce visit to Brazil and Uruguay

  

  United States Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced Wednesday he will travel to Uruguay Oct. 8-9 and Brazil Oct. 9-11 to discuss with senior government officials and the business community ways to promote greater bilateral trade, economic growth and opportunity and to foster greater commercial cooperation between the United States and both Uruguay and Brazil.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  South Atlantic trawler on fire; all crew members rescued

  

  Twenty four of the twenty seven crew members of a Spanish trawler that caught fire early Sunday morning in the South Atlantic will be arriving in Montevideo, Uruguay in the coming hours after having been rescued by another Spanish vessel.

• Monday, October 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  China becoming world leader in wool processing

  

  During the first seven months of this year China purchased 202.000 tons of wool, equivalent to 1.13 billion US dollars, up 61% over the same period a year ago according to the Uruguayan Wool Secretariat.

• Sunday, September 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills dispute: waiting for Oct 28

  

  Uruguayan and Argentine delegates on Saturday held a new round of talks in New York sponsored by the Spanish Crown in an effort to find a way out to the dispute over the construction of pulp mills along the river Uruguay jointly managed by the neighboring countries.

• Friday, September 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Wholesale prices in Uruguay soar 17.6% in nine months

  Uruguay's wholesale prices soared 3.1% in September, pushed by higher agriculture costs admitted the government, bringing overall wholesale inflation for the first nine months of the year to 17.6%, compared to 9.7% in the same period a year ago.

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay among the world's top ten greenest countries

  

  Uruguay is South America most environmentally friendly country and together with Australia are the only two from the Southern Hemisphere to rank among the world's top ten greenest and most livable, according to a list published by Readers' Digest.

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pulp mill dispute: on the road to a happy ending

  

  Uruguayan and Argentine delegates will be meeting next Saturday in New York to consider the pulp mills controversy, confirmed the Spanish Foreign Office which is acting as a “facilitator” to help find a way out to the dispute that has strained bilateral relations between the neighboring countries.

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay's per capita annual beef consumption: 54 kilos

  

  Uruguay's per capita consumption of beef jumped from 40 to 54 kilos in five years making the domestic market the second destination of the country's most important single export according to a release from the local Meat Institute, INAC.

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay's forests ready for the fourth pulp mill project

  

  Uruguay is on route to add another substantial option to its commodities' led economy: pulp and paper. A pulp mill is ready to begin production, another two are on the drawing board and a fourth has been announced by Portuguese interests.

• Monday, September 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  A city and brand name proud of their industrial history

  

  The world's most popular and traditional corned beef brand takes the name of the Uruguayan city of Fray Bentos, and local authorities and residents are strongly lobbying to have its local Industrial Museum included in the Unesco World Heritage list.