Bienes raíces a medida
Bienes raíces a medida
Bienes raíces a medida
According to the latest TI index, Uruguay is ranked in position 21 out of a hundred and eighty countries with a score of 71 of a possible 100 points. Transparency International has released its 2020 Corruption Perception Index, which is not very generous with Latin American countries, including Mercosur members Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay,…
Read More Uruguay’s Minister of Foreign Relations Francisco Bustillo returned from a trip to Belgium, Germany, and France recently, having failed to convince European governments to support immediate ratification of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement. That drew understandable disappointment within Uruguay, which counts the European Union as a key trading partner. However, with the agreement likely to…
Read More Bodega Garzon / Photo by Rodrigo Guillenea You’ve probably heard the expression “good things come in small packages.” Such is the wine story of Uruguay, a country that’s tiny by size and output, but increasingly, a source for opulent as well as elegant wines. Tucked between Argentina and Brazil on South America’s eastern side, Uruguay is…
Read More Uruguay’s government has announced new and ambitious film-TV legislation aimed at converting the small Latin American nation into a far larger film-TV hub via a new series of cash rebates for international shoots and co-productions with Uruguay. Coming as Uruguay neighbors Brazil and Argentina battle huge challenges to state film funding – an incentive free…
Read More Uruguay is an unsung hero of South American wine with a vibrant wine culture and a new generation of winemakers exploring the country’s diverse terroir through its champion variety, Tannat.Although Uruguay has only been producing wine for just over 150 years, the nation’s wine families have a rich European-influenced wine heritage which is evident in…
Read More As a long-standing UNWTO member and as one of the co-hosts of World Tourism Day 2020, Uruguay has long shown its commitment to harnessing the power of tourism The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has concluded his official visit to the Americas with a series of high-level meetings in Uruguay. Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili…
Read More Companies operating bonded warehouses in Uruguay are now able to provide international logistics services for the cannabis industry, according to a recently approved decree. Cannabis products can now be shipped from different countries to Uruguay, where they can remain in transit – and be repackaged if needed – and then be reexported to other countries without the…
Read More All realtors/estate agents in Uruguay offering properties for sale or rent in the costal regions (Maldonado-Punta del Este, Laguna del Sauce, Pueblo Eden, La Barra, Manantiales, Jose Ignacio) Rocha, Piriapolis, Canelones and Colonia need an official license from the Ministry of Tourism. So before you embark on a purchase or the rental of a property,…
Read More The outlook is brightening for Uruguay – but risks hover. Uruguay’s economy, dented by pandemic fallout, is expected to contract this year but less than its neighbors Argentina and Brazil.The economy ministry forecasts GDP will fall 3.5% this year but expand 4.3% in 2021. The economy expanded 0.2% in 2019 as sluggish private investment weighed…
Read More President Luis Lacalle Pou’s defense of free market capitalism—extremely rare in Latin America—is no coronavirus fluke. (DianeBentleyRaymond/iStock) Although the global media barely covered last year’s elections in Uruguay, President Luis Lacalle Pou’s victory was significant for ending 15 years of governance by the leftist Broad Front. The president from that party from 2010 to 2015…
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