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A Step Further For Growth and Progress - A Road Network Development

10/31/08 23:06

Uruguay is a country blessed with natural resources, diverse wildlife, and majestic ecosystems. They have properly utilize these resources and have been supplying the world with their by-products and various merchandises.

To further strengthen and enhance the performance of the trade and market of products. The government of Uruguay has loaned from the The Inter-American Development Bank for the rehabilitation and long-term maintenance of their roads. The roads which will lead to their country's growth and progress.Read the details of the loan and project here.

News: IDB loan for Uruguay's road network - KHL Group

Bakery and Cereals Fact Sheet to 2011

Interested in the bakery and cereals industry in Uruguay? CompaniesAndMarkets.com has just releaseda a new data book containing facts and statistics researched about the industry. Among the data included here are expenditure, volume, market value, and consumption data by market, segments, and subsegments. Furthermore, specific data for each major company in the industry are included. Check out the highlights in the following linked article.

News: Bakery and Cereals in Uruguay to 2011 - http://www.companiesandmarkets.com adds new report

Uruguay Team Ask for Safety

The Uruguayan Football Association is asking the Bolivian Football Federation and Bolivian national government for safety guarantees for the Uruguayan team.

The team will are due to arrive from Santa Cruz de la Sierra on the day of a World Cup qualifier game which is day that a street protest has been announce by civilians.

"No visitor should fear" - assurance of the Bolivian vice-minister Miguel Aguilar, he also said that inner problems do not affect tourism or football.

News: Uruguay Raise Safety Concerns - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate football Website

The Call for Resignation: An Airline's Million Dollar Loss

Airlines are gateways to every country. They are essential for both the growth of business, taxes, trade, promotion and tourism of a country thus proper management and procedure should be implemented to maintain these benefit. But what if an airline company "mismanaged" resulting to a million dollar lost of both the airline company and the government? This is what happened to Pluna Airline, Uruguay's biggest airline. The rest of the news can be read here.

News: Uruguay lawmakers seek airline heads' resignation - International Herald Tribune

Uruguay Target Single Digit Inflation on 2008

Uruguay's Statistics Office's released that consumer prices increased 0.6% accumulating 7.63% in past nine month making the 7% target more becoming a reality.

This is the effect of Economy minister, Alvaro Garcia's main mission to end 2008 with a single digit inflation by avoiding re-negotiation of labor contract and pensions that would make a great impact to the treasury.

If the economic weather in Uruguay continues like this even with the global turmoil, 2008 might be ended with a single digit inflation rate according to local economist and market analyst.

News: Mercopress

Ceibal Project: Computer Education for the Children

Education is wealth. This is holds true for education holds the key for a success of a country. By educating the young at an early age they can get to develop special and critical thinking skills. Uruguayan students are enjoying the benefits of technology and at the same time learning through the Plan Ceibal project. The project is dedicated to pushes to provide a One Laptop Per Child Policy (OLPC). The results looks promising as children started to become more and more interested in the world of technology, writing and maybe not long, to blogging as well. Read the rest of it here.

News: Rising Voices » Blogging Since Infancy: Transforming Uruguay