by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Nov 30, 2021 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Uruguay
Uruguay is well-known worldwide for its (fantastic) beef, and if you follow us on social media (Twitter and LinkedIn), you’ll know that the (relatively) small South American nation (where we’re proud to be based) also punches above its weight in other produce such as...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Oct 29, 2021 | Argentina, Doing business, General, Uruguay
We make you feel at home: former Argentinean first lady Juliana Awada welcoming the Chinese first lady to a G20 reception in Buenos Aires in 2018 in her very relaxed style (source: Alamy). Both Awada and husband Mauricio Macri are also renowned business people. Most...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Oct 28, 2021 | Uruguay
Without further ado, we sum up why you should consider Uruguay when designing your strategy for Latin America. As we always argue, Uruguay is not for everyone, and definitely not for everything, but taking it into account when landing or growing in the region, is a...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Mar 22, 2021 | Doing business, Energy, mining & infrastructure, General, Manufacturing, Mercosur, Uruguay
In a recent blog post, I controversially mentioned that I have a weakness for cable cleats and I must explain myself before you think I’m (way too) weird. It all started about 9 years ago when I visited Ellis Patents in Rillington (near Malton in North Yorkshire) – I...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Mar 22, 2021 | Doing business, General, Mercosur, Uruguay
More often than not, we work with technical products that most of you out there hardly get to see: cable cleats, pollination bags, nutrition products for animals, cleaning products for farms, power-transmission equipment, and so on. We often work in market research,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 27, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Trade Shows, Uruguay
Uruguay’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic has been praised worldwide. With fewer than 2,000 cases and less than 50 deaths so far, the relatively small South American nation is the exception once again. Economic recovery has farming at its core: agriculture,...
