Uruguay
Uruguay – a jewel of a country that should be considered by Indian investors
Uruguay is a country few outside Argentina and Brazil know about – each Dec-Feb rich Brazilians and Argentines flock to the fashionable resort of Punta del Este, the Riviera of Latin America. I am convinced it offers excellent opportunities for Indian investors in corporate farming and forestry – not to mention IT services and serving [...]
India and Latin America: Water Scarcity vs. Abundance
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Revitalising South America’s smallest flag carrier
FlightGlobal
[Matias] Campiani, CEO says the financial turnaround is proof Pluna’s new strategy of turning Montevideo into a hub for the Southern Cone of South America is working. Over the last year the carrier has added frequencies to key business centres such as Buenos Aires, Santiago and Sao Paulo while launching new thin routes such [...]
Milking greener pastures – Kiwi dairy Investments in LatAm
The Amuls of the world should follow.Stuff.co.nz
In barely three years, New Zealand Farming Systems Uruguay, Wrightson’s stockmarket-listed investment vehicle, has acquired 36,500 hectares of land and leases a further 3500ha. It has spent heavily on new pasture grasses, irrigation, roads, fencing, reticulated water supply to each paddock, milk sheds, staff accommodation, training and the other [...]
LatAm to reach 388 mln mobile lines by end-2008
Telecompaper
Latin America will reach over 388 million mobile lines in service at the end of this year, accounting for 9.6 percent of the overall mobile lines in service worldwide, according to the Information Society index (ISI) established by consulting firm Everis. Brazil is expected to end the year with 143.2 million phones, Mexico with 76.9 [...]
No corking Uruguay’s rising status as wine country
LATimes.com
Wind-tousled grapevines, marching in cornrow-straight lines and hung with pearl-like clusters of light-green fruit, stretch as far as the eye can see across gently rolling farmland near the village of Juanicó in the Canelones District. Flowering red rosebushes punctuate the ends of each row, and tiro-tiro birds, named for their unique call, nest on wooden [...]
Uruguay unveils US$4 bln Portucel investment
International Herald Tribune
Uruguay’s president says a Portuguese paper company will spend more than US$4 billion to build a pulp plant and port in Uruguay.
President Tabare Vasquez says the investment from Portucel Soporcel Group will stem contagion from the world financial crisis.
The company plans to build a paper and cellulose plant and a deep-water port in [...]
Boom in beef returns opens the door to a bonus for Uruguay
Scotsman.com Business
BEEF from South America has been traded on the international markets for the better part of a century with Argentina and Brazil the big players in this field. However, in recent years Uruguay has become an increasingly important source of beef for the European trade, especially in terms of quality.
The population of Uruguay at [...]
Uruguay Grants Land for ZAP Electric Vehicle Assembly Facility
MarketWatch
The government of Uruguay, in a move to expand investment in new industries and technologies, has set aside land for an electric vehicle assembly plant expected to begin construction next month by US electric car pioneer ZAP.
The State of Montevideo has granted an acre of land to ZAP within an industrial and technology park established [...]
Argentina and Uruguay’s tango row
BBC NEWS | Programmes |
One of the great Argentine icons, alongside footballer Diego Maradona and the former first lady, Eva Peron, is the tango singer, Carlos Gardel.
Pictures of him with his slicked-backed hair and perfectly tailored suits adorn many Argentine bars and restaurants and you will often hear his songs played by Buenos Aires [...]
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