Insights and Stories on Uruguay

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China boosts soybean buys from Argentina, Uruguay amid U.S. trade war, sources say

Aug. 29, 2025 at 10:10 am CDT

China's soybean importers are boosting purchases from Argentina and Uruguay over the next year to fill the supply gap left by the absence of U.S. shipments as the trade war drags on.

South American farmers hail Mercosur-EU deal, wary of fine print

Dec. 6, 2024 at 5:07 pm CST

By Daniela Desantis Maximilian Heath Reuters

More South American nations report bird flu cases

Feb. 15, 2023 at 5:04 pm CST

By Ana Mano Maximilian Heath Victor Borges

Uruguayan shearers flown in to relieve sweltering Spanish sheep

Jun. 19, 2020 at 10:04 am CDT

By Juan Medina

South America fires could disrupt its farm belt’s rainfall

Oct. 9, 2019 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Monica Machicao

Marfrig to buy control of U.S.-based National Beef

Apr. 9, 2018 at 4:41 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters –– Brazil’s Marfrig Global Foods said Monday it would buy control of Kansas City-based National Beef Packing for US$969 million, in a deal that would make it the world’s No. 2 beef processor. Marfrig also said it was seeking to sell an existing U.S. unit, Keystone […]

By Ana Mano

Trade bloc Mercosur, Canada launch talks for trade deal

Mar. 9, 2018 at 12:14 pm CST

Asuncion| Reuters — South American trade bloc Mercosur formally launched discussions for a trade deal with Canada on Friday, in a move officials said would signal an embrace of free trade at a time other countries are moving toward protectionist policies. For Canada, the talks with the group, which includes […]

By Reuters

Canada to seek Mercosur trade pact amid NAFTA uncertainty

Feb. 16, 2018 at 7:26 pm CST

Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government plans to open free trade talks with the four-nation Mercosur trading bloc in South America, an official said on Friday, at a time when the future of NAFTA is facing increasing uncertainty. Canada sends around 75 per cent of its goods exports to […]

By David Ljunggren

Brazil blocks JBS deal, seeks asset freeze

Jun. 21, 2017 at 3:33 pm CDT

Brasilia | Reuters — A Brazilian judge has blocked JBS SA’s planned sale of a South American unit while the attorney general’s office urged the company’s assets be frozen, in signs of fallout from a corruption probe involving the controlling shareholders of the world’s No. 1 meatpacker. Federal Judge Ricardo Leite […]

By Cesar Raizer Lisandra Paraguassu

JBS sells LatAm units to Minerva

Jun. 6, 2017 at 5:48 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — JBS SA has agreed to sell plants in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay to rival Minerva SA for US$300 million, as the world’s largest meatpacker seeks cash to weather a corruption scandal that caused a spike in funding costs. JBS will use proceeds from the transaction […]