Uruguay have one foot in South Africa after claiming a 1-0 win over a spirited ten-man Costa Rica side, courtesy of a first-half strike from captain Diego Lugano in World Cup play-off action.
The proceedings began with plenty of niggling fouls by either side as they felt each other out in the first ten minutes.
The first [...]

River Plate, with a good tactical game, generated a good amount of play and was only the Ecuadorian team, Liga de Quito. The Uruguayan team started winning after the goal done by Richard Porta.
Ecuadorians tie the only time in which they reached the bow of Dos Santos. But River did not change its game and [...]

Should the FA formula does not accept the debate, the white formula will make an “open hearing” in which media will nominate journalists and social and trade union leaders to ask about the PN proposals.
“They have spent more than four months saying that they would debate and when we agree to be there they go [...]

The IDB (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo) will provide a four million dollar support to Uruguay to be used in the financial regulation and supervision of the country.
One objective is to strengthen the role of Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU) Superintendence of Financial Services, which oversees banks, insurance companies, stockbrokers and fund managers Interim Savings.
The funds [...]

San Jose: Uruguay took a big step towards reaching the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday with a 1-0 win away to Costa Rica in the first leg of their qualifying playoff.
A 22nd-minute goal from defender Diego Lugano secured the win for Uruguay, who finished fifth in South American qualifying and had to play-off with [...]

SAN JOSE, California: Uruguay took another step towards the 2010 World Cup with captain Diego Lugano’s first-half strike proving enough for a 1-0 victory in the first leg of their qualifying play-off against Costa Rica.
The second leg of the tie will be held on Wednesday in Montevideo, where Costa Rica can expect to struggle to [...]

“We anticipate that Uruguay will come out fine with the ruling”, said Reichler who visited the Botnia pulp mill in Fray Bentos which has been in production for two years.
However this “does not mean that Argentina will be left in an uncomfortable position”.
Reichler quoted by the Uruguayan press said the ruling will most probably state [...]

The former president (1990/1995) said Uruguay is banned constitutionally from calling elections for the Mercosur Parliament, which is made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay as full members. Venezuela is in the process of incorporation.
“You can’t legislate to call elections (in Uruguay) for the Mercosur parliament. We need a constitutional amendment which must also [...]

Uruguay Under-17 was eliminated in their quarterfinal match, after loosing to powerful Spanish national team in the penalty shootout. It was an exciting game with penalties, controversial moves, ejected players, six goals, and an electrifying additional time, but the final result was a victory to Spain 4-2 in the penalty shootout.
Ronald Marcenaro, Uruguayans head coach, [...]

A former left-wing guerrilla has taken a commanding lead in several exit polls from Uruguay’s presidential election.
But most polls show Senator Jose Mujica has narrowly failed to pass the 50% needed to avoid a run-off vote.
If a second round is officially confirmed, he is likely to face his main conservative rival, the former president, Luis [...]

The disciplinary hearing related to Diego Maradona and the incidents following the 2010 World Cup qualifying match between Uruguay and Argentina on October 14, 2009 will be held in Zurich this coming Sunday, according to fifa.com.The outspoken Argentina coach was delighted to hit back at all the criticism that had been aimed at him following the squad’s [...]

Pollster Interconsult announced the results of the first poll concerning the runoff election or “ballotage”. The poll’s results indicate that Mujica’s ruling Frente Amplio coalition would have 47% of the votes, and Lacalle’s Partido Nacional 40%.
Blank ballots are estimated to be around 2,5%, undecided 10,6%.
Poll’s margin of error is somewhere about 3.3%. 5000 inhabitants (800 [...]

Victor Lissidini, former director of Dirección Nacional de Aduanas (Customs) said that he knew that in 2002 Saúl Feldman was on a list of 10 people linked to arms trade, but he was not allowed to investigate further. Now Lissidini has been removed from office for usurpation.
According to Lissidini, it was something “that could not [...]

Jorge Larrañaga, PN vice presidential candidate, was sorry to see that Mujica did not accept debating. He said that the FA candidate is hiding and that he is not a man of his word.
According to Larrañaga, the debate was essential to let Uruguayans know what each candidate thinks about “security, employment, health, education, and foreign [...]

Uruguay is one of the twelve Latin American countries participating since yesterday in Seoul Forum. The aim of the forum is to increase the cooperation among South Korea, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Álvaro García, Uruguayan Minister of Economy, was at the event and confirmed his support to a Free Trade Agreement (TLC in Spanish) between [...]

BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)–The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday concluded its annual “Article IV” review of Uruguay and praised the country for policies that it said reduced Uruguay’s exposure to the global financial crisis.
The review is part of an agreement between the IMF and member countries in which IMF teams visit countries, collect data and [...]

A total of 33 vessels and 194 calls are anticipated for this summer according to Uruguayan authorities.
However the big news this season is that the international Atlantic sea resort Punta del Este expects 113 calls compared to the 81 for Montevideo. This can be explained because three cruise operators, MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Co), Costa Cruceros [...]

Uruguay and Russia last week held a new consultation meeting in Moscow between their respective foreign ministries to make a development of bilateral relations and assess investment alternatives in the future for the country.
In that sense, the Russian government expressed interest in investing in the rail industry, aeronautics and automotive, as in the exploration of [...]

Botnia now meets two years of activity in Uruguay, but not all celebration. Argentine experts say the plant emits nonylphenol, a chemical capable of altering the hormonal system in mammals and fish. Since the dynamo is rejected the report.
An article published yesterday in the Argentine daily Pagina 12 reported a report of experts from Argentina, [...]

Former president Jorge Batlle ratified his accusation in the presence of judge Jorge Díaz. Batlle summoned presidential candidate José Mujica and tupamaros leader Julio Marenales to clarify before the law their supposed relationship with accountant Julio Feldman and the arsenal found in Aires Puros.
On the other hand, Frente Amplio (FA) candidate, José Mujica, said that [...]