After a ruling issued Tuesday by a World Bank arbitration tribunal, the Uruguayan State will have to pay some US$ 30 million over the closing of the former flag carrier Pluna, which has triggered reciprocal accusations between the country s main political forces ahead of this year s presidential elections.
Uruguayan authorities Monday announced they had placed an order for the purchase of two brand-new Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPV) from the Spanish shipyard Cardama for € 82 million, it was reported in Montevideo.
Defense Minister Javier García Wednesday brought peace of mind to the relatives of Uruguayan troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO).
An Uruguayan Court of Appeals has ruled the Government needs to sell the bronze eagle retrieved from the wreckage of the 3rd Reich s Admiral Graf Spee off the Montevideo coast.