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 176,215 square kilometres (68,037 sq mi) and has a population of around 3.4 million,of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city,Montevideo.
The politics of Uruguay abide by a presidential representative democratic republic,under which the president of Uruguay is both the head of state and the head of government,as well as a multiform party system. The president exercises executive power and legislative power and is vested in the two chambers of the General Assembly of Uruguay. The Judiciary is independent from the executive and legislature.
TabaréRamón Vázquez Rosas was a Uruguayan politician and oncologist who served as the 39th and 41st President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. During his political career,Vázquez was a member of the Broad Front coalition. Before his first presidential term,Vázquez was president of the Club Progreso team and made two unsuccessful presidential bids in 1994 and 1999. He served as Intendant of Montevideo between 1990 and 1994 shortly before his first presidential campaign.
Entre Ríos is a central province of Argentina,located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires (south),Corrientes (north) and Santa Fe (west),and Uruguay in the east.
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena,was an Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher who served as the 34th President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1976 and the 1st President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship from 1973 to 1976. Previously,he was the Minister of Agriculture from 1969 to 1972.
Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and journalist and the 33rd president of Uruguay,serving from 1967 to 1972. Formerly the Vice President of Uruguay Pacheco became President after the sudden death of Óscar Diego Gestido. A member of the Colorado Party,Pacheco Areco had previously been a member of the National Representative from 1963 to 1967,before becoming the vice president.
JoséAlberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano is a Uruguayan politician,former revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros,he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties,Mujica was Minister of Livestock,Agriculture,and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front,he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010. He was the Second Gentleman of Uruguay from 13 September 2017 to 1 March 2020,when his wife Lucia Topolansky was vice president under his immediate predecessor and successor,TabaréVázquez.
Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He scored Uruguay's first ever goal in a World Cup against Peru at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 a tournament they would go on to win.
Carlos Blanco Galindo was a Bolivian general who served as the 32nd president of Bolivia on a de facto interim basis from 1930 to 1931.
Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed "El Pistolero",he is regarded as one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest strikers of all time. Individually,he has won two European Golden Shoes,an Eredivisie Golden Boot,a Premier League Golden Boot and a Pichichi Trophy. He has scored over 500 career goals for club and country.
The Constitution of Uruguay is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last amendment was made in 2004.
Luis Alberto Aparicio Alejandro Lacalle Pou,is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer,serving as the 42nd president of Uruguay since 2020.
The Cabinet of Uruguay is part of the executive branch of the Government of Uruguay. It is composed of thirteen cabinet ministers. Each is appointed by the President of Uruguay,and serves as the head of a particular executive department. It meets on Monday mornings at the Executive Tower of Montevideo,but sometimes meets at the Suarez Residence or at the Anchorena Presidential Estate.
JoséMaria da Silva Paranhos,Viscount of Rio Branco,was a Brazilian politician,monarchist,diplomat,teacher and journalist. Rio Branco was born in Salvador,in what was then the Captaincy of Bahia,to a wealthy family,but most of the fortune was lost after his parents' deaths early in his childhood. In 1871,Rio Branco became the president of the Council of Ministers for the first time. He would become the Council's longest-serving president,and his cabinet the second longest,in Brazilian history. His government was marked by a time of economic prosperity and the enactment of several reforms. The most important of these initiatives was the Law of Free Birth,which granted freeborn status to children born to slave women. Rio Branco led the government that enacted this law,and its passage increased his popularity. His government was plagued by a long crisis with the Catholic Church that resulted from the expulsion of Freemasons from its lay brotherhoods. After more than four years heading the Cabinet,Rio Branco resigned in 1875. Following a long vacation in Europe,his health swiftly declined and he was diagnosed with oral cancer. Rio Branco died in 1880 and was widely mourned throughout the country. He is regarded by most historians as one of Brazil's greatest statesmen.
The Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay is the ministry of the Government of Uruguay that is responsible for the coordination of national education,the promotion of the country's cultural development,the preservation of the nation's artistic,historical and cultural heritage,as well as innovation,science and technology and the promotion and strengthening of the validity of human rights. It is also responsible for the development of the state communication multimedia system and for promoting the digitized access of the entire population to information.
The German community in Uruguay numbers ca. 10,000 German expatriates and 300,000 people of German descent. Most of them live in the Montevideo area,although there are German minorities in Paysandú,Río Negro,San Joséand Canelones.
Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro was an Uruguayan politician,journalist,and writer. He was popularly known as "El Ñato". A former member of the National Liberation Movement (Tupamaros) (MLN-T),he was in prison during the military dictatorship for twelve years (1973-1985).
India is represented in Uruguay through its embassy in Buenos Aires in Argentina;it also has a consulate general in Montevideo. Uruguay has an embassy in New Delhi and a consulate in Mumbai. Diplomatic relations were established in 1948. The Uruguayan embassy in New Delhi was first opened in 1960 and operated until 1975. It was re-opened in 1998. In May 2010,Uruguayan ambassador to India Cesar Ferrer requested India to open an embassy in Montevideo.
The third Constitution of Uruguay was in force between 1934 and 1942.
Parva Domus,officially the Republic of Parva Domus Magna Quies is a self-proclaimed micronational republic surrounded by the city of Montevideo,Uruguay. The nation has served as a civil,cultural and recreational association since its foundation in 1878.
