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- Kirchner, "one of the best neighbours Uruguay has ever had"
Former Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle forecasted that Nestor Kirchner is going to be the main looser in next Sunday?s Argentine mid term elections, although he described the former Argentine president as ?one of the best neighbours ever, for
- YPF/Petrobras/GALP to explore for oil in Uruguayan waters
A consortium made up of YPF/Repsol, Petrobras Uruguay and GALP from Portugal has won a bid to explore for oil in two offshore blocks near the coast of Uruguay, according to industry reports late Wednesday. YPF will operate a deep water block and
- Uruguay's primary election results stun the ruling coalition
Uruguay?s main opposition party performed much better than anticipated according to official results of last Sunday?s primary elections for the nomination of presidential candidates for October?s elections. Lacalle and the National Party were the
- Uruguay's confirmed A/H1N1 flu deaths rise to four
MONTEVIDEO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- A 56-year-old woman has died of A/H1N1 flu, raising Uruguay's total death toll in the new flu outbreak to four, hospital authorities said on Friday. The patient had suffered from diabetes and severe obesity, and was a
- Uruguay INE says 12-months consumer price index +6.48%
Prices in Uruguay aren't rising as fast as they were a year ago, but inflationary pressures persist in the economy, according to data published Thursday by the National Statistics Institute, or INE. On a month-over-month basis, the index was up 1.14% in
- Brazilian oil company wins Uruguay contracts
Brazil has put up the winning bids to extract oil from Uruguay. The state-run oil company in Brazil, Petrobras, has turned in the bids for offshore sedimentary basins Pelotas and Punta del Este, in Uruguay's exploration area. The areas are 150 to 300
- A/H1N1 flu death toll reaches 3 in Uruguay
MONTEVIDEO, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Uruguay's health authorities confirmed on Thursday that two more people have died of the A/H1N1 flu, as the death toll reaching three in the country. A woman of 54 died in a hospital in Maldonado, 140 km to east of the
- ICANN Formalizes Relationship with ccTLD Manager for Uruguay
MARINA DEL REY, CA - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced in a press release that it has signed an exchange of letters with the country code top level domain (ccTLD) manager for .UY (Uruguay), Servicio Central de
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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By the end of the year the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
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