Bengoa Early Release

Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:36

Whoever was director of Municipal Casinos of Montevideo in the period of Mariano Arana, Juan Carlos Bengoa, obtained freedom in advance on Wednesday afternoon, through a decision of Justice. Bengoa entered prison on 20 December 2007. The charges against him were crimes of fraud, extortion and conjunction of personal and public interest, after being accused of carrying out a recruitment maneuver slots for the Administration with benefits for companies that belonged to people around you.
To exit, Bengoa should wait until this Friday at 18 hours. If the prosecutor does not appeal, he will leave the Central Jail where he spent 812 days, but since a year ago he has leave of up to three days a week. Until last night the prosecutor had not decided whether to appeal the ruling, according to sources familiar with the case.
For the case also his former aides were indicted, Orestes Gonzalez and Jose Luis Antunez, as well as former casino Carrasco manager, Gustavo Dalmont and Felipe Ruiz, the owner of a company responsible for maintaining the slots. Although the only remaining prisoner is Bengoa.

(www.espectador.com and www.observa.com.uy, 11 March 2010)

Industrial Exports Became More Expensive for the First Time in 11 Months

Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:35

The price of exports by the industrial sector reported an initial increase in January compared to the same month last year, after holding 11 consecutive months of falls.
According to a study released on Wednesday by the Economic Research Department of the Chamber of Industries (CIU), the price index of industrial placements increased 2.5% in the first month of the year compared with January 2009. From the previous month, average prices rose 1.4%. "In January, almost all industrial groups showed increases in their export prices compared to December, with the exception of chemicals and plastics, and metal products, machinery and equipment," the report said.
At the level of total economy, export prices rose 1.9% over the same period last year, while over December the price increase was 1.4%.

(www.observa.com.uy, 11 March 2010)

Libertadores: Nacional Ties With the Argentine Champion

Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:32

National and Banfield drew 2-2 on Wednesday for the Group 6 of the Copa Libertadores 2010, at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. With these results and three matches, Banfield retains the top of Group 6 with seven points, followed by Nacional with five, Ecuador's Deportivo Cuenca with three and Monarcas Morelia, Mexican, with one point.
The duel between champions of the Rio de la Plata offered a great first half, with numerous incidents and goals, but then seemed to impose the logic of the outcome and the desirability of preserving both teams undefeated and fighting positions in further clashes inside the key. Ultimately, the draw was fair to both.
Nacional will now play in Buenos Aires to Banfield on March 16^th, the day that the Morelia plays at home to Deportivo Cuenca. Cerro will play against Emelec as visitor today in the port of Guayaquil.
Emelec and Cerro are play after 22:15 hours of Uruguay for the second time in Group 5, including a comparison between Deportivo Quito and the International Brazilian two hours later in the Ecuadorian capital.

(www.espectador.com, March 11, 2010)

Mujica Travels to Chile

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 08:59

Today the President of the Republic, José Mujica, travels to Chile to attend the inauguration of President-elect, Sebastian Piñera. As reported by the Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Conde, Mujica also meet with Uruguayan diaspora on Chilean soil. Then he will travel to Bolivia as invitation of President Evo Morales.
The government held a press conference to report on the situation in Chile and the aspects that are related to Uruguay. The presidency prosecretary Diego Canepa, said that of the 217 orders received from Uruguayans who wanted to know about their relatives in Chile, 95% were answered. "11 cases are still pending to be answered, which means no more than that. So far there were no wounded or Uruguayan fatalities, "he said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Conde, said Mujica leaves to Chile to meet with the president, Michelle Bachelet, today March 10^th. "He will use this opportunity to express the Uruguayan intention to have links with Chile and also appreciate the emphasis the link brought by Bachelet in these five years," he said.
Moreover, the President will meet with the colony of Uruguay in Chile, consisting of some 5,000 registered Uruguayans, accompanied by Foreign Minister Luis Almagro. "This serves to strengthen ties with the diaspora," said Conde. The day Piñera will be taking office.
The final destination of this tour will be Bolivia. As explained by the chancellor will address two aspects. First bilateral relations with the country's highlands, it is not a full member of Mercosur. On the other hand, will address the link Urupabol bloc (Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia). Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) approved a loan of $ 300,000 to conduct a feasibility study for building a pipeline that would communicate to Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. It is estimated that would cost about 3,000 million dollars and could be operational by 2013.

(www.180.com.uy and www.elpais.com.uy, March 10, 2010)

Libertadores: Racing won at The Centenario

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 08:59

Racing continues to surprise in the Copa Libertadores. After qualifying before Junior de Barranquilla and putting on the ropes to Corinthians in Brazil, Sayago’s team beat Cerro Porteño, Paraguay’s football leader. Racing won 2 to 1 Cerro Porteño in the Centenario Stadium in a game completely dominated that could have ended up with an even wider advantage. Racing won with authority on the Centenario.
The first half ended with a Racing that played better, and deserved to increase their score. The Paraguayan team could not reach clearly and had the goalkeeper Barreto figure who avoided several times the fall of his bow. To complement Racing came four minutes later on the field, but warned the first minute through Mirabaje, which again blew goalkeeper Barreto.
When it seemed that Racing was close to 3 to 0, Caceres became very lonely through the right and put the visiting team, who despite being down to ten men continued to fight, 2 to 1 to 83 'minutes of play run.
The following minutes Racing attempted to avoid the fall of his bow and they did. The game ended 2 to 1, the Sayago team met their first points in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores, and still stomping internationally.

(www.elpais.com.uy and www.montevideo.com.uy, March 10, 2010)