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,...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Sep 26, 2020 | Doing business, General, Mercosur, Uruguay
(photo: Zonamerica) We get asked very often about free trade zones (FTZs) in South America, more particularly in Mercosur, and more often than not in Uruguay. We have covered this topic before in our blog so today we bring you just some interesting facts about free...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Aug 30, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Trade Shows, Uruguay
The Uruguayan cattle sector seems unusually cheerful at the moment. There are good yet complex reasons for this, which we explore here with our team member, Matías Sara. Matías is an agricultural technician with 20 years’ experience in cattle farming and strong...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jul 30, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Uruguay
Better-known for cows rather than sheep, Uruguay isn’t New Zealand or Yorkshire but its ovine sector is definitely interesting and colourful. This month, we bring you just 10 things you probably didn’t know about sheep, lamb and wool in Uruguay, particularly as we...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Jul 13, 2020 | Doing business, General, Uruguay
Uruguay is making the headlines these days for its outstanding management of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first case hit Uruguay just 13 days after President Lacalle Pou’s centre-right coalition government took office, therefore demanding all the attention and the...
by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | May 26, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, General, Uruguay
Uruguay XXI, the country’s export and investment promotion agency (Uruguay’s DiT-equivalent, for those of you in the UK), has just published a report on investment opportunities in cannabis. As usual, it is an excellent piece of work. We’d like to share with you only...
