En momentos en que la nota de las economías emergentes tambalea, la agencia calificadora Fitch Ratings confirmó el jueves 27 de agosto la calificación de deuda para Uruguay en BBB-, y mantuvo la perspectiva “estable”. Por su parte, la japonesa R&I también mantuvo en BBB- la nota de la deuda uruguaya, pero sorprendió al mejorarle [...]
Uruguay será el primer país vitivinícola georeferenciado del mundo, atributo que se sumará a la calidad de sus vinos y al prestigio que gozan sus marcas. En estos últimos 20 años se lograron más de 800 medallas en concursos especializados de Francia, que suman a los logros en otras naciones de elite. En la edición [...]
Montevideo, Mar 11 (EFE)- Timber and furniture industry representatives from Finland are visiting Uruguay this week, exploring investments to expand the sector in the South American country. The visit is part of the Uruguay-Finland 2015 Timber and Furniture Forum organized by the Foreign Ministry with support from the Uruguay XXI Investment and Export Promotion Institute "We have [...]
The response to the opening of the 2050 bond doubled the amount offered and paid a rate lower than the previous tranche. According to analysts this is a "financial score". The confidence of global investors in Uruguayan debt was confirmed late February when the Ministry of Economy opened the 2050 global bond in US dollars [...]
"Uruguay aims to become a world leader in wind energy supply in 2015, surpassing countries such as Germany, Spain and Denmark". This is how an article published by the Argentine journalist Andrés Repetto begins. In the environment section of his online channel, ARSemanal (a global news program in which he shows a summary of the [...]
Marcelo Chirico qualified for the Las Vegas Show Jumping World Cup and will be the first Uruguayan jockey to compete at that level. Marcelo Chirico stunned the world when he won the gold medal in the individual show jumping event during the first edition of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Today, at age 22, [...]
Montoya beach was chosen for the installation of the first devices that instead of attracting and capturing lightning prevent its formation. This is a purely Uruguayan development. This summer a lightning inhibitor was launched in Punta del Este. This technology differs from the lightning conductor because it prevents the formation of the phenomenon and, instead [...]
As soon as the webpage of the outgoing Uruguayan president went online, a huge amount of messages began to be received, to the to the extent where it was agreed that 200 messages would be published a day and these would be constantly updated. Messages are sent from every continent, from lesser known countries such [...]
Since 1985 the country has been a full and consultative member of the Antarctic treaty, with full voting rights in the International Plenary. "Only 29 countries out of the 52 that have signed this treaty have a consultative status, which places Uruguay in a context of global privilege", said Claudio Romano, President of the Uruguayan [...]
The ton of beef exceeded USD 4,000 and global demand is on the rise with USA and Canada taking the lead. The most prominent feature in beef exports during 2014 was to have exceeded USD 4,000 a ton as annual average, recording an average of USD 4,039 a ton, which indicates an improvement of 7.1% [...]
Las Anitas breeding farm obtained the US title, but before he had been awarded the Grand Champion of the Expo Prado and had also been honored as the best in South America. Kamikaze, the Polled Hereford bull bred by Las Anitas breeding farm from Durazno, property of the Alfonso family, was voted the world's best [...]
The award acknowledges the "20 year struggle of the trans community in Uruguay" as well as the film for its "intimate and powerful" insight. Avenues are wide, designed to accommodate several rows of tanks. On the outside, buildings still retain the coldness of a war that never took place and which split the world in [...]
