Uruguay

Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Last survivor of German battelship Graf Spee dies in Montevideo

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away and was buried Saturday in Montevideo.
Sunday, June 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US opens its market for fresh blueberries from Uruguay

The United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) announced the publication in the Federal Register of the proposed rule for the importation of blueberries from Uruguay to the US.
Thursday, June 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
“No adverse effects” from Uruguay's Botnia pulp mill says Argentina's Academy of Engineering

A document from Argentina's National Academy of Engineering on the installation of cellulose pulp mills on the coast of the river Uruguay and which has become a contentious environmental issue between the neighboring countries, states that “no adverse effects are to be expected on health or biodiversity, and no pollution shall affect Argentine coasts or territory”.
Thursday, June 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay's May inflation 0.76% and 5.37% in five months

Uruguay's consumer prices index increased 0.76% in May, totaling 5.37% in the first five months of the year and 8.25% in the last twelve months, according to the country's Statistics Institute.
Tuesday, June 5th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay exports 70% of its milk production industrialized

Uruguay exports 70% of its milk production, which represents 280 million US dollars of income annually, according to figures released this week by the Uruguayan government in Montevideo.
Monday, June 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay's Vazquez ends speculation over seeking re-election

Uruguayan president Tabaré Vazquez put an end on Monday to months' long speculations about his possible re-election stating during a public ceremony that he would not be a candidate in the next election.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay will survey continental shelf for hydrocarbons

Uruguay's government owned oil corporation Ancap signed this week a contract with Norway's Wavefield Inseis ASA for the seismic surveying of the country's continental shelf including deep and very deep waters.
Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: open dialogue but polite disagreement

The second day of Argentine/Uruguayan talks to try to unlock the dispute over the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay ended as it begun, with each side asserting its position and the commitment to a next meeting in the framework of an “open dialogue” atmosphere.
Tuesday, May 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New York round of Uruguay/Argentina pulp mill dispute

Uruguayan and Argentine delegations held a technical meeting Tuesday in New York under the “dialogue facilitating” efforts of the Spanish Crown in an attempt to find a way out to the bilateral controversy over the building of a pulp mill on the Uruguayan shore of a shared river.
Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay in Bender's “One Laptop per Child” project

The computers are designed for children, boast extremely low electricity consumption, a pulley for hand-generated power, 1 gigabyte of flash memory, built-in wireless networking and a screen with indoor and outdoor reading modes.