Archive for the ‘Uruguay’ Category
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Uruguayan Minister of Tourism and Sports Hector Lescano said on Monday that he expects an increase of Argentinean tourism to this country after clearing the bridge linking both sides.
Environmentalists of the Argentinean city of Gualeguaychú cleared for 60 days the closure of the viaduct San Martin, as a result of ...
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
Destination Antarctica: A Rare Combination for Oceania Cruises Aficionados
Crown Cruise Collection highly recommends this sailing for Oceania Cruises aficionados and is offering spectacular savings along with complimentary travel insurance and $250 per cabin shipboard credit. With air included from the major gateways, a category B2 balcony stateroom is $8099, which ...
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Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Chris Moss offers a guide to Uruguay, ahead of this year's celebrations to mark the bicentenary of Latin America's fight for independence.
Known in Argentina simply as the provincia or Banda Oriental – the eastern province or strip – Uruguay has the history of an oft-bullied little brother. In the struggle ...
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Instead of spitting chips, Ben Stubbs accepts his fate and explores a ritzy playground on the cheap
Maths has never been my strong suit. I do the conversion in my head and I think I have the exchange rate from Australian dollars to Uruguayan pesos all worked out. I suck the ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
In January, South Americans migrate to seaside playgrounds such as Brazil's Florianopolis or Mar del Plata in Argentina for month-long vacations. For the past year, the sleepy coastal town Jose Ignacio in Uruguay has dominated the travel magazines by attracting boldface names.
There are no stoplights in Jose Ignacio, which sits ...
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
With the South American Sevens season as always kicking off the new year, Frankie Degas, previews the first big tournament in 2010 – Seven de Punta del Este.
Frankie takes us back through the history of the event, why the big names return to Uruguay year-on-year and the unfortunate timing of ...
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
MONTEVIDEO may be overshadowed by its flashier neighbors, Punta del Este and Buenos Aires, but Uruguay’s capital does not suffer from an inferiority complex. As the country’s commercial and political hub, Montevideo follows its own, nonchalant pace. Its 1.3 million residents are eager to show off their city’s time-warp-like pleasures, ...
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--The majority owners of Uruguayan flagship airline Pluna have started looking for a potential airline partner to invest in a second round of financing, company president Matias Campiani said Wednesday.
"We have until June next year to complete this process," Campiani told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview.
Campiani ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Tourists from the United States are discovering Uruguay and with good reason: it’s an oasis of tranquillity with a near-perfect climate that eagerly welcomes foreign guests, providing a rich mix of historical, beachside, urban, rural, and ecological offerings.
While the number of travellers from the US doubled from 35,000 in 2002 ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay, a short 50-minute ferry trip from Buenos Aires, is a massive hit to anyone's seratonin levels.
It's slow. Cabs actually stop at crosswalks and it didn't matter if I walked by the same small cobblestone lined street for the tenth time - I was happy to be ...
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