Uruguay: Inside its Business
Uruguay is a small country located in South America. It is bounded on the North by Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean on the South. Montevideo is its capital as well as its chief port and economic center. The country consists of a low, rolling plain in the south and a low plateau in the north. The country is also home to many rivers and the Uruguay River and the Rio de la Plata are some of its largest. Uruguay's climate is warm, temperate and there are rarely, if ever, freezing temperatures in the country. Spanish is the country’s main language. Uruguay, officially called the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a constitutional republic with a chief of state and a head of government. It is a country growing out and getting recognition for its exports and growing businesses. With allowing trades to be done easily with foreign countries, many find Uruguay as a good partner to do business with.
Regulations
Regulations come along with every country and are just a set of rules that help keep countries in place. They are important to follow and are proven to keep problems from happening, having requisites to do a type business anywhere will cause order and build areas to become better applied. Uruguay has a small market, but its state policy promotes and protects foreign investments. Regarding the regulations Uruguay has to owning a company there; it said to allow the company to locate anywhere in the country and it will be treated like a local company. Since it is a growing country that promotes and protects investments with other countries, it is reaching agreements and attracting others. One way Uruguay attracts foreign investors is by its free zones. Companies working in these zones are excused from all taxes ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggestion that a pregnant woman should not drink alcohol during pregnancy (Advisory on alcohol use in pregnancy 2005) has been widely criticized as being unnecessarily paternalistic, but the CDC goes further into explaining that, “Alcohol consumed during pregnancy increases the risk of alcohol related birth defects, including growth deficiencies, facial abnormalities, central nervous system impairment, behavioral disorders, and impaired intellectual development” (Advisory on alcohol use in pregnancy
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The Mexican government has been ineffective in addressing the ecological issues associated with the water shortages in Mexico City because of its institutional fragmentation. Currently, forty-five percent of the water used in the greater Mexico City is supplied by over-exploiting the aquifer because the current water extraction rate from the aquifer is one hundred and eighty-four percent greater than the sustainable level. (Pina, 2011 ) Since Mexico City receives seventy percent of its water from the aquifer, its depletion poses a significant problem to the government of Mexico and its people. (Pina, 2011 ) In Mexico City, the federal, regional and local government levels all play a part in determining water management policies. While the local government of Mexico City sh...
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Colombia is one of the oldest democracies in Latin America with solid functioning institutions, progressive laws, an active civil society, and one of the most ecologically diverse countries in the world. Economically speaking, Colombia has had a surprisingly turnaround over the past decade due to the confidence and business opportunities that the investors have found in its emerging market. However, the improvements made in the economy are not sufficient to ensure sustainable economic development. On May 15, 2012, the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) went into effect, and after almost two years its effects have had a negative impact in Colombia’s economy, mainly in its agricultural sector, which constitutes 11.5% of the country’s GDP (Cámara Colombo Coreana). The farmers complain that cheap imports from the United States are hurting their sector leaving some of them almost in bankruptcy. During August and September 2013, the country was in a nationwide strike against the Free Trade Agreement, which had different areas of the country paralyzed specially in Bogota, the capital city.
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Increasing numbers of women are abusing drugs during pregnancy and thus endangering the well-being and lives of their children as well as themselves. The spreading abuse of phencyclidine (PCP), cocaine, and cocaine's potent form "crack," added to the more well-known addictive narcotics such as heroin, has intensified concerns about the implications of maternal drug use for unborn children.
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Today rice accounts for about 20 percent of the world's total calorie intake. Rice is not just a staple in diets worldwide, but rice is central to the economy and landscape of ancient and modern Asian civilizations. Predominantly in contrast to Mediterranean cultures, which are primarily based on wheat (Hirst). On the international market rice commands a higher price than that of wheat. However, less than five percent of the world’s rice enters the trade market, in comparison to about 16 percent of the world’s harvested wheat. In low-income countries, such as China and Pakistan are often able to export their rice with a greater cost than it takes them to import wheat (Kiple and Ornelas).
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