Uruguay

Posted February 24th, 2008 by Anonymous

Uruguay (official full name in Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay ; pron. IPA: , Eastern Republic of the Uruguay ) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.3 million people, of which 1.7 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area.

It is bordered by Brazil to the north, by Argentina across the bank of both the Uruguay River to the west and the estuary of Río de la Plata to the southwest, and the South Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is the second smallest independent country in South America, larger only than Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana.

Montevideo was founded by the Spanish in the early 18th century as a military stronghold. Uruguay won its independence in 1828 following a three-way struggle between Spain, Argentina and Brazil. It is a constitutional democracy, where the president fulfills the roles of both head of state and head of government.

The economy is largely based on agriculture (making up 10% of GDP and the most substantial export) and the state sector, and relies heavily on world trade. Consequently, it is affected by any change in global prices. However, Uruguay's economy is on the whole more stable than in its surrounding states, and it maintains a solid reputation with investors.

According to Transparency International, Uruguay is the second least corrupt country in Latin America (after Chile), with its political and labor conditions being among the freest on the continent.

In November 2007 it became the first Latin American country and the second in the American Continent to recognize same-sex civil unions at the national level.

88% of the population are of European descent. Just under two-thirds of the population are declared Roman Catholics. However, the majority of Uruguayans are only nominally religious.

Random Uruguay thoughts.

Uruguay landed its first shipment of 100,000 units of the XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation. Buoyed by that success, Walter Bender, president software and content at OLPC effused over the next countries in line for the little green machine. The question is, however, can the likes of Ethiopia, Haiti and Rwanda afford it?

Teaching positions in Central America, South America and the Caribbean.Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile, ColombiaCosta Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.

The meeting was part of the Latin America Project, the ongoing Americas-wide initiative by grassroots social justice groups to persuade Latin American governments to cut their ties with the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC. So far, defense ministers of Argentina & Uruguay as well as presidents of Bolivia, Costa Rica & Venezuela have denounced

Uruguay (South America) has been the choice of many of the major IT and non IT companies in the world (including Tata Consultancy Services from India and Sabre Holdings from US among hundreds) , to establish their software factories and call centers. This little country is also the largest exporter of software in the region ! But why ?

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air Wednesday, prompting the evacuation of 3,000 nearby villagersAHSHAR(HAPPY/ASHER)= Natives and slave trade peoples found in Columbia to Uruguay

Uruguay

Uruguay (official full name in Spanish : República Oriental del Uruguay ; pron. IPA : [re'puβlika oɾjen'tal del uɾu'ɰwaj] , Eastern Republic of Uruguay ) is a country located ...

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The Uruguay national football team is controlled by the Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol . Uruguay is one of the most successful national football teams in the world.

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