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Government
Long-form name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Type: republic.
Capital: Montevideo.
Administrative divisions: 19 departments (departamentos,
singular--departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo,
Colonia, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado,
Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose,
Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres.
Independence: 25 August 1828 (from Brazil).
Constitution: 27 November 1966, effective February 1967,
suspended 27 June 1973, new constitution rejected by referendum
30 November 1980.
Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; accepts
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: Independence Day, 25 August (1828).
Executive branch: president, vice president, Council of
Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: bicameral Congress (Congreso) consists
of an upper chamber or Senate (Senado) and a lower chamber
or Chamber of Deputies (Camera del Diputados).
Judicial branch: Supreme Court.
Leaders: Chief of State and Head of Government--President
Luis Alberto LACALLE (since 1 March 1990); Vice President
Gonzalo AGUIRRE (since 1 March 1990).
Political parties and leaders: National (Blanco) Party,
Roberto Rubio; Colorado Party; Broad Front Coalition, Liber
Seregni includes Communist Party led by Jaime Perez and
National Liberation Movement (MLN) or Tupamaros led by Eleuterio
Fernandez Huidobro; New Space Coalition consists of the
Party of the Government of the People (PGP) led by Hugo
Batalla, Christian Democratic Party (PDC), and Civic Union
led by Humberto Ciganda.
Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18.
Elections:
President--last held 26 November 1989 (next to be held November
1994); results--Luis Lacalle (Blanco) 37%, Jorge Batlle
(Colorado) 29%, Liber Seregni (Broad Front) 20%;
Senate--last held 26 November 1989 (next to be held November
1994); results--Blanco 40%, Colorado 30%, Broad Front 23%
New Space 7%; seats--(30 total) Blanco 12, Colorado 9, Broad
Front 7, New Space 2;
Chamber of Deputies--last held NA November 1989 (next to
be held November 1994); results--Blanco 39%, Colorado 30%,
Broad Front 22%, New Space 8%, others 1%; seats--(99 total)
number of seats by party NA.
Communists: 50,000.
Member of: CCC, FAO, G-77, GATT, Group of Eight, IADB, IAEA,
IBRD, ICAO, IDB--Inter-American Development Bank, IFAD,
IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IRC, ITU, LAIA,
OAS, PAHO, SELA, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WSG.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Juan Podesta PINON;
Chancery at 1918 F Street NW, Washington DC 20006; telephone
(202) 331-1313 through 1316; there are Uruguayan Consulates
General in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York, and a Consulate
in New Orleans; US--Ambassador Malcolm R. WILKEY; Embassy
at Lauro Muller 1776, Montevideo (mailing address is APO
Miami 34035); telephone [598] (2) 40-90-51.
Flag: nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom)
alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper
hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face
known as the Sun of May and 16 rays alternately triangular
and wavy.