A community portal about Uruguay with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Uruguay, officially the Eastern Republic of Uruguay or the Republic East of the Uruguay , is a nation located in southern part of South America...
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A community portal about Uruguay with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Uruguay, officially the Eastern Republic of Uruguay or the Republic East of the Uruguay , is a nation located in southern part of South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north, the Uruguay River to the west, the estuary of the Río de la Plata to the southwest, with Argentina on the other bank of both, and finally the South Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. About half of its people live in the capital and largest city, Montevideo. The nation is the second smallest independent country in South America, larger only than Suriname, and is the most politically and economically stable. Uruguay is ranked as the second country in Latin America with less corruption, right after Chile .
MONTEVIDEO, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Uruguay's consumer price inflation slowed to 5.9 percent last year, its lowest rate since 2005 and well within official targets, the government said on Tuesday. Consumer prices rose 9.2 percent in 2008, the fastest rate ...
MONTEVIDEO, Jan 4 (IPS) - For decades, the Miguelete, the main waterway running through the Uruguayan capital, was a virtual open sewer that the capital had turned its back on, along with its past as the site of the traditional Sunday promenade in ...
with one laptop per child, the 395,000th laptop handed out in October 2009.
In October 2009, Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez handed out the last XO in the initial project of Plan Ceibal, Uruguay’s national OLPC project, providing an XO to each of the 395,000 children in primary school from 1st to 6th grade across [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia & MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fortune Valley Resources Inc. (TSX-V:FVX) and Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UME) (LSE:UGY) are pleased to announce that the BC Supreme Court has approved the proposed Plan of Arrangement previously announced by the two companies and approved on December 29th by the Fortune Valley securityholders. Fortune Valley and Uruguay Mineral anticipate that the completion...
Lucila drifted across the lawn to greet us. Tiny and tanned, with long, blonde hair, dressed in a sundress and flip-flops, she didn't look like a Uruguayan sheep-farmer's wife. But then, her husband Agustin, with his mop of tousled hair, white shirt ...
Montevideo Known as the ‘heart shaped country’, Uruguay is a brilliant little spot in South America that is bordered by Argentina, Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean. While geographically Uruguay may be ‘pint sized’, its people, land, coastline, and attractions are immense. The many great beaches are perfect for those who want to forget about the rest of the world and relax while enjoying the beautiful oceanside landscape. Montevideo, one of the most intriguing capitals in South America, is a great place to explore Uruguay’s architectural diversity and unique character. In Montevideo, the old city is located between the Plaza Independencia and the port of ...
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When researching Uruguay most people immediately notice that the cost of living in Uruguay is significantly lower than that of the US. Interestingly, most people do not realize that this has not always been the case. For example, in 1998 the cost of living in Montevideo was only slightly lower than in the [...]
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