Uruguay,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay or the Eastern 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 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 who served as the 39th and 41st president of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020. A physician (oncologist),he was a member of the leftist Broad Front coalition.
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 Joséde Amézaga Landaroso was a Uruguayan political figure.
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena was a Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher,who served as constitutional President from 1972 until 1973,and then ruled as the head of a civilian-military dictatorship up to 1976.
Jorge Pacheco Areco was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6,1967 to March 1,1972.
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 China 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 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed El Pistolero,Known for his finishing inside and outside the box and his vision,Suárez is regarded as one of the best strikers of all time. Suárez 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 President of Uruguay since 1 March 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.
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. 15,000 German expatriates and 200,000 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.
