Uruguay went from ninth place in 2013 to sixth in 2014 shared with Canada, Denmark and Iceland. The ranking is led by Sweden with 9 points and the last on the list is Iran with 14 points. […]

In the 2014 occasion of FITUR, the Spanish tourism fair that every year brings together leading public and private tourism operators from around the world, Uruguay stood out for the presence of a bus plotted with the Uruguay Natural (Natural Uruguay) country brand that toured Madrid and many other Spanish cities during the month of [...]

One of the most representative artists of Uruguay, Carlos Páez Vilaró passed away on the morning of 24 February, aged 90, while in Casapueblo, his most emblematic masterpiece and defined by him as “a livable sculpture facing the sun”. […]

The National Meat Institute (INAC) is currently promoting high value beef cuts at Prodexpo Moscow 2014, Russia’s main food fair. […]

The regional leader in animal health entered into an agreement with the Pando Science and Technology Park providing for the installation of a laboratory, with an initial investment of US$ 10 million, in addition to joint research. […]

According to the report “Measuring the Information Society”, published annually by the United Nations International Telecommunication Union, Uruguay has reached the highest level in the development of Information Technology (IT) in Latin America. At world level, Uruguay climbed three positions and ranked in 47th place. The ICT Development Index is elaborated from the aggregation of [...]

The opening of this market will enable Uruguay to export annually 20 million dollars, benefiting 15.000 workers in this industry and a significant number of workers indirectly. The United States Ambassador to Uruguay, Julissa Reynoso, described this agreement as “a high impact for the Uruguayan economy and a further step in the trade relations between [...]

The Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2013-2014, elaborated by The World Economic Forum, was published in September. Uruguay holds the 5th position in the region according to the Global Competitiveness Index, despite the fact that the country dropped from the 74th position to 85th, in comparison to last year’s edition. […]

Montevideo was the location chosen for a Star Wars video game advertisement campaign, where Jedi and Sith can be seen running around Montevideo. It sounds impossible, but the latest advertisement for the Star Wars: The Old Republic video game shows the opposite. The advertisement, which has been uploaded to the social networks, shows different locations [...]

Grutas del Palacio, a cave system in the Department of Flores, Uruguay, was designated by UNESCO as part of the Global Geoparks Network. According to a press release from the Paris-based organization, ‘the crystalline basement rocks of the Rio de la Plata Craton, which underlie most of Uruguay, are only exposed in the south and [...]

Mariana Hill, Director of Natural Renewable Resources of the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay noted that, with the second phase of plans for soil use and management, practically all agricultural soil will be registered and ‘traced’. The second phase includes summer crops (soybean, corn and sorghum), covering one million hectares. [...]

With the vote of 52 of 82 deputies attending the session, Uruguay’s lower chamber of Parliament approved a large-scale mining bill proposed by the ruling government on Tuesday Sept. 3. The bill, which was submitted to Parliament by the executive branch in November 2012, incorporates a chapter setting out a regulatory framework for the closing [...]