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Uruguay,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast;while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 181,034 square kilometers (69,898 sq mi) and has a population of an estimated 3.51 million,of whom 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city,Montevideo.
Uruguay is a country in the southeastern region of South America,bordering the Atlantic Ocean,between Argentina and Brazil. It is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Atlantic seaboard of South America between 53 and 58 west longitude and 30 and 35 south latitude. It is bordered to the west by Argentina,on the north and northeast by Brazil,and on the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean,which makes up Uruguay's coast.
The economy of Uruguay features an export-oriented agricultural sector and a well-educated workforce,along with high levels of social spending. Tourism and banking are also important sectors;Uruguay acts as a regional hub for international finance and tourism. The country also has a history and representation of advanced workers-rights protection,with unions and the eight-hour work-day protected at the beginning of the 20th century.
This article deals with the diplomatic affairs,foreign policy and international relations of Uruguay. At the political level,these matters are officially handled by the Ministry of Foreign Relations,also known as Cancillería,which answers to the President.
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census,the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 in an area of 201 square kilometers (78 sq mi). Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country,on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata.
Colonia del Sacramento is a city in southwestern Uruguay,by the Río de la Plata,facing Buenos Aires,Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000.
The Charrúa were an indigenous people or Indigenous Nation of the Southern Cone in present-day Uruguay and the adjacent areas in Argentina and Brazil. They were a semi-nomadic people who sustained themselves mainly through hunting and gathering. Since resources were not permanent in every region,they would constantly be on the move. Rain,drought,and other environmental factors determined their movement. For this reason they are often classified as seasonal nomads.
Artigas is the capital of the Artigas Department of Uruguay. Its name comes from that of the national hero,JoséGervasio Artigas,who fought for the emancipation of the River Plate,and sought to create a federative nation from these colonies. As of the census of 2011,it is the eleventh most populous city of the country.
Paysandú is the capital of PaysandúDepartment in western Uruguay.
Rivera is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento,which is only a street away from it,at the north end of Route 5. Together,they form an urban area of around 200,000 inhabitants. As of the census of 2011,it is the sixth most populated city of Uruguay.
Chuy is a city in the extreme east of Uruguay,in the Rocha Department,340 kilometres (211 mi) northeast of Montevideo. It lies on the border with Brazil,separated from its Brazilian sister town of Chuíonly by a shared avenue that serves as the border,and by the Arroyo Chuy (stream) to the east. Chuy's population is currently 9,675 residents as of 2011.
Leonardo Garet is a Uruguayan writer,teacher,and member of the National Academy of Uruguay.
Holy See–Uruguay relations are foreign relations between the Holy See and Uruguay.
Lisa Block de Behar is an Uruguayan professor of Linguistics and researcher in Literary Theory,Comparative Literature and Communication media.
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet,SDB is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo.
The Ministry of Foreign Relations is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for planning,directing and executing the foreign policy and international relations of the Republic.
Eloísa García Etchegoyhen (1921-1996) was a pioneering Uruguayan educator and disability rights activist. She not only created the first educational facilities in Uruguay to teach those with disabilities,but she developed job placement programs and parent support groups to help children integrate into the larger society. She spearheaded training for teachers and psychologists leading to the creation of research programs into the cause of mental retardation and led a public awareness campaign to encourage acceptance of the disabled by their families and communities. She began the first school for students with multiple disabilities and began the first pre-school for early assessment and intervention for disabled children in Uruguay. She brought the Special Olympics to Uruguay and worked throughout Latin America and the Caribbean for inclusive policies for disabled citizens.
Alberto A. Guani Amarilla is a Uruguayan diplomat.
Suzana Prates was a Brazilian feminist sociologist and academic. She spent most of her professional career in Uruguay where she dedicated her life to national and Latin American feminist thought. She was the founder of the "Centro de Estudios e Informaciones del Uruguay" (CIESU) and,at the end of the 1970s,she founded the "Grupo de Estudios sobre la Condición de la Mujer en Uruguay" (GRECMU). Her colleagues included Julieta Kirkwood and Elizabeth Jelin.
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- ↑ Bio of Daniel Ramada
- ↑ Benedict XVI receives Uruguayan ambassador
- ↑ "Official appointment of Ambassador Ramada" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
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