by Gabriela Castro-Fontoura | Feb 23, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Trade Shows, Uruguay
UPDATE 28TH JUNE 2020: THE SHOW IS STILL ON, CHECK OUT https://www.expoprado.com/ If Uruguay is on your radar, ExpoPrado is probably already in your calendar. Uruguay’s longest and largest show, it’s the place to be if you’re into livestock, and agriculture in...
by Gabriela | Jan 21, 2020 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Trade Shows, Uruguay
We’re off to Expoactiva 28TH JUNE 2020 UPDATE: EXPOACTIVA 2020 WAS CANCELLED, THE NEXT EDITION OF THE SHOW WILL BE IN MARCH 2021 AND WE’LL BE THERE! https://www.expoactiva.com.uy/ We are very excited to confirm that in March we will be visiting Expoactiva, one...
by Gabriela | Dec 1, 2019 | Uruguay
After 15 years of being governed by a left-wing party, or actually a coalition by international standards (Frente Amplio), Uruguay is the latest country in South America to add some serious emotion to an already rather colourful continent. A nail-biting yet widely...
by Gabriela | Dec 1, 2019 | Argentina, Mercosur, Paraguay, Uruguay
Shortly after announcing the Mercosur-EU trade agreement, the lesser-known but equally important Mercosur-EFTA agreement followed. Businesses in the European Free Trade Association area (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland), will soon start benefiting from...
by Gabriela | Nov 22, 2019 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Uruguay
That Uruguay punches way above its 3.5m people weight in football or beef, we all know. The country can also compete globally in specific commodities like rice, soybean and wool – but also in industries like software. What people outside forestry often don’t know is...
by Gabriela | Oct 21, 2019 | Agrifood, cannabis, forestry, Manufacturing, Uruguay
I know, shocking. You probably know Fray Bentos in the UK because of the steak pies. As Uruguayans, we know Fray Bentos for other reasons: it is a small town in Uruguay and home to a world-famous abbatoir, now UNESCO World Heritage Site (and Torreira’s...
