Labor Secretary Elaine Chao is met by U.S. Ambassador Frank E. Baxter and Uruguay Labor Minister Eduardo Bonomi as she arrives at Montevideo's Carrasco Airport on Monday, Dec. 10.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao visited Uruguay to meet with senior political, business, and civil society leaders. The December 10-12 visit aims at building on the good will and people-to-people linkages she helped foster during her visit to Uruguay in 2005, for the inauguration of President Tabare Vazquez. (See related article.)

Upon her arrival, Secretary Chao met with her counterpart, Minister of Labor Eduardo Bonomi, and later met with the Minister of Industry Jorge Lepra. She also met with business executives at a breakfast sponsored by the Uruguay-USA Chamber of Commerce, and held a press conference for local media. (See transcript.)

Secretary Chao also visited the Zonamerica free trade zone industrial center and the Ingenio business incubator unit at the Technological Laboratory of Uruguay (LATU) where she observed the development of Uruguay’s animation technology and the One Laptop per Child facility.

Uruguay Minister of Labor Eduardo Bonomi and U.S. Ambassador Frank E. Baxter with U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao upon her arrival at Montevideo's Carrasco airport, December 10, 2007.
Secretary Chao and Ambassador Baxter meet with Uruguay Minister of Industry Jorge Lepra.	Secretary Chao addresses the Uruguay-USA Chamber of Commerce. (See transcript of remarks.)
Ambassador Baxter and Secretary Chao observe as a cartoonist works on an animation sequence at LATU's Ingenio business incubator unit.	Secretary Chao examines a wireless laptop computer at LATU's One Laptop per Child Program facility.
Secretary Chao chats with employees of Sabre Holdings in Zonamerica, Montevideo. Sabre is an American travel technology company. Its Montevideo operation is the second largest in the world and provides worldwide customer support.	Secretary Chao and Ambassador Baxter with directors of the Sabre Holdings operation in Zonamerica, Montevideo.
Nicolas Jodal, vice president of Artech, Uruguay's leading software exporter, explains how employees are encouraged to use a puzzle that is never finished.	Secretary Chao greets Uruguay's Deputy Foreign Minister, Belela Herrera, during a reception held at the U.S. Ambassador's Residence.

 
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