What the same between Uruguay and Malaysia?

Did you know that Uruguay and Malaysia are the only countries in the world where you can fine egg sandwiches in McDonald's. In Malaysia those burgers are called McEgg and in Uruguay – McHuevo (huevo means egg in Spanish). This sandwich is quite like the usual cheeseburger but spiced up with the fried egg inside.

International McDonald's is good if you like to have the meal you've accustomed to. But in every given country you can get something special.

Regarding divorces

Some statistics: People of Uruguay thinks about divorces (someone else's) mostly positive way. Index is 7.08 out of 10, where values under 5.0 is negative and above – positive. Better than Uruguayo's attitude to divorces is among Swedish and and less positive – among Frenchmen.

Uruguay gets Russian military scouts

According to the RIA Novosty, contract signed by the armed forces of Uruguay at the show of Russian military equipment attended by the Minister for Foreign Affairs Reinaldo Gargano, Defence Minister Assen Berrutti. Uruguay will receive 48 Russian military cars "Vodnik".



Russian Ambassador in Uruguay Sergey Koshkin said that "Uruguay is a traditional partner of Russia at the Latin American arms market." The ambassador noted that "our country has attached particular importance to the further development of Russian-Uruguayan military cooperation."

Military cooperation between the two countries began to grow in the April 2002 when the RosOboronEksport's contract for the supply of military equipment and technology (including about 400 military and dual-use vehicles, valued at approximately $10 million) was signed.

RosOboronEksport's analysts forecasts military equipment demand grows in Latin America from $1.5 billion to $2 billion in 2010.

Uruguayan dictator was charged with murder

Juan Maria Bordaberry, former Uruguayan dictator, was charged with the murder of 10 political dissidents. These people were arrested and tortured to death in prison. According to the Court, the crime was made possible by the existence of the regime Bordaberry. Juan Maria Bordaberry came to power in 1971 in a democratic election, but in two years with the support of the military, he dissolved parliament and installed a dictatorship government. In 1976, he was overthrown by the military command that was in power in Uruguay before 1985. He was arrested last week on charges of murdering four opponents committed 30 years ago in Argentina. The old Bordaberry in custody, transfers Reuters.

New casino to open in Uruguay

In Uruguayan town Colonia del Sacramento the new casino will be opened soon. It should be most modern casino in the territory of South America. Former casino in the region was closed in 2005. The owners of the new casino are private investors. Casino is located in the hotel belonging to the international hotels network. The casino will count 152 slot machines, six roulette tables, nine standard tables; staff of 80 to 100 people. The city is located in the one hundred eighty kilometers from Montevideo, on the bank of la Plata river off the coast of Buenos Aires, so its pretty suitable for Argentinian tourists.

Travel to Uruguay and get a free gasoline

Uruguayan authorities have decided to hold an experiment aimed at increasing the flow of inbound tourism. Since the bulk of foreign tourists coming into the country were in a neighboring Argentina, many of whom travel in their cars, they planned to introduce a special bonus a tank of petrol or diesel. Special cards to free petrol will be issued to all those who wish to cross Argentina-Uruguay border.

In order to avoid abuse by the residents of border areas, a list of petrol stations included in the program of the filling stations located in the resort area, away from the border. The cards will be valid there only from 3 to 7 days after its receipt.

Uruguay national anthem

The national anthem of Uguguay is "Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!" (Uruguayans, the Fatherland or Death!). You can download it from here.

Adopted in 1845, "Orientales, la Patria o la tumba!" is a typical example of a "Latin American epic anthem", the original poem has eleven verses. These type of anthems are very operatic in nature, not only does the opening of this anthem resemble Verdi's style, the chorus and the solo part resembles a Donizetti or Bellini opera.

The version of the anthem usually performed starts with the chorus, then the first verse, then the chorus again, however, most lines are repeated several times within the song, making the song quite long (another feature of "Latin American epic anthems"), Uruguay's anthem is often performed at well over 3 minutes, four or five minute performances of the commonly sung version are not uncommon.

Both the lyricist and composer (who composed the music several decades after the words were composed) also wrote the anthem for Paraguay. "Orientales", mentioned in the lyrics and the title, is a common name for Uruguayans, and it can be literally translated as "people of the East"

Uruguay Became Latin America's Outsourcing Capital

The country currently has 650 Uruguayan engineers and programmers working for the said partnership. While their Indian counterparts are asleep, Uruguay workers see to it that the company does not sleep.

If this partnership with India would be a success, then Uruguay could be the next best thing in outsourcing.

"With a population of only three million, Uruguay has rapidly become Latin America's outsourcing hub. In partnership with one of India's largest technology consulting firms, engineers in Montevideo work while their counterparts in Mumbai sleep." - The New York Times, Sep 22, 2006

Two Uruguay Pulp and Paper Plants Halt Construction

Argentinian and Uruguayan ecology activists finally managed to halt construction of the two pulp and paper plants on the river Uruguay. Spanish and Finnish investors lay off workers, AP reports.

As the land prices in the Uruguayan province Fray Bentos landslide this year a lot of foreigners have bought this lands (mostly water-meadows) for cheap. Nice deals.

An uruguayan producer threw 15 thousand liters of milk

The president of the Association of National of milk Producers Wilson Cabrera, indicated that it is impossible to sell the liters of milk that they have had to throw due to the conflict that maintains the union of workers of the sector with the companies.

“It is impossible to save the liters of milk that have been thrown. I know that there are many important producers that they have thrown milk in his establishments and many others not even have delivered it to the plants”.

Consulted on the possibility of donating milk instead of wasting it, Cabrera showed that “they do not have disadvantage which the citizenship takes advantage of milk but the distribution trucks are saturated”. “We are tied standing up and hands we do not have another solution” concluded.