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  Encyclopedia: Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The president, who is both head of state and head of government, is elected by popular vote for a five-year term, with the vice president elected on the same ticket.
Treinta y Tres is a department of Uruguay.
To the southwest is the Río de la Plata (River of Silver), the estuary of the Uruguay River, which forms the western border, and the Paraná River, that does not run through Uruguay itself.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Uruguay   (4676 words)

  
 Departments of Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Uruguay consists of 19 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) (capitals in parentheses):
Formed in 1884 from part of Salto Department.
Formed in 1885 from part of San José Department.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/Departments-of-Uruguay.htm   (233 words)

  
 Uruguay - The Interior, Littoral, Greater Montevideo and Coast
This largest region includes the departments of Artigas, Cerro Largo, Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Rivera, Salto, Tacuarembó, and Treinta y Tres and the eastern halves of Paysandú, Río Negro, and Soriano.
According to the 1985 census, the population of the department of Montevideo was 1,311,976, and that of the neighboring department of Canelones was 364,248, out of a total population of 2,955,241.
Finally, Montevideo and the department of Maldonado (which is strongly affected by the tourism industry in Punta del Este) had the highest indexes of social and economic development in the country.
countrystudies.us /uruguay/28.htm   (1815 words)

  
 Departments of Uruguay -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
One of the original 6 departments created in 1816.
The original name was San Fernando de Maldonado Department.
Formed from part of (additional info and facts about Maldonado Department) Maldonado Department.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/departments_of_uruguay.htm   (329 words)

  
 Livestock in the Time of Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Three days later, officials from the Livestock Ministry appraised Martínez Fonseca's 900 head of cattle, 30 sheep and three pigs in order to calculate the compensation he would be paid for the obligatory killing of the animals, a preventive measure known in Uruguay as 'rifle sanitario' (sanitary rifle).
Last October, an FMD outbreak in the northern department of Artigas, bordering Brazil, was resolved in just a few weeks with the slaughter of 21,000 animals.
In the department of Cerro Largo, also bordering Brazil, ranchers set up roadblocks and paid for disinfection measures out of their own pockets in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease, Raquel Saravia, president of FUCREA - an organization of small and medium ranchers -, told Tierramérica.
www.tierramerica.net /2001/0513/iacentos.shtml   (879 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
With the help of several fathers of Cerro Largo, the reluctant teacher, and the students we were able to construct six gardens at the school using organically grown, open-pollinated seeds that I had brought from the United States.
Activities/Results: After learning that Linda and I were the first volunteers to visit the community of Cerro Largo we were eager to establish a trust and a desire to learn.
Follow-up: For the Cerro Largo project to have long term results there needs to be another visit by volunteers.
www.partners.net /what_we_do/agriculture_and_environment/farmer_to_farmer/trip_reports/weber_miller_nica_03.doc   (984 words)

  
 Travel Advice for Uruguay - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade does not issue a travel advice for Uruguay at this time.
Australians are advised to read the General Advice to Australian Travellers which provides general information about safety and security, local laws and customs, entry and exit requirements, health issues, travel and health insurance and consular assistance and registration.
Foreign Affairs Canada, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the US State Department also issue travel advice for their citizens.
www.smartraveller.gov.au /zw-cgi/view/Advice/Uruguay   (318 words)

  
 caracas.ca - Cerro de Pasco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Cerro de Pasco (population 70,000) is a city in central Peru.
Experiences In Cerro De Pasco, Peru recounts the personal recollections from Sylvia Walter who lived in the mining camp of Cerro de Pasco, Peru.
Cerro de Pasco is noted for its silver...
www.caracas.ca /Cerro-de-Pasco/reference/search   (270 words)

  
 Uruguay - AGRICULTURE
The most productive wheat- and cereal-farming area was the southwest (Colonia, Río Negro, and Soriano departments); most of the rice was produced in the east (Treinta y Tres Department); and fruits, vegetables, and wine were produced in the departments of Canelones, Florida, and San José.
The drought lasted longest in the center of the country, where most of the largest cattle ranches were located (the departments of Cerro Largo, Durazno, and Tacuarembó).
The leading sheep-ranching departments in the northwest (Artigas and Salto) were not as severely affected.
countrystudies.us /uruguay/55.htm   (2431 words)

  
 List of Presidents of Uruguay|Uruguay Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The President of Uruguaypresident, who is both head of state and head of government, is elected by popular vote for a five-year term, with the vice president elected on the same ticket.
Thirteen cabinet (government)cabinet ministers, appointed by the president, head executive departments.
The elections of 2004, however, brought the Frente Amplio, a coalition of various leftist parties, to power with majorities in both houses of parliament and the election of President Tabaré VázquezTabaré Vázquez Rosas by an absolute majority.
www.echostatic.com /List_of_Presidents_of_Uruguay|Uruguay.html   (1565 words)

  
 IPI - International Press Institute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
In April, Marlene Vaz, an editor and columnist for the weekly Opción Cero in Río Branco, Cerro Largo department, was convicted of defamation and given a 20-month suspended term of imprisonment.
The charges stemmed from a November 2002 story aired on his programme, "To Begin to Believe", alleging that the organisers of a fashion show in the city of Dolores, in the eastern department of Soriano, had mismanaged funds that were supposed to be used for charitable purposes.
Indeed, certain government departments have even warned their employees that they would be committing a "serious offence" and could be fined should they provide information to the press.
www.freemedia.at /wpfr/Americas/uruguay.htm   (3323 words)

  
 Attacks on the Press 2004: Americas
While the media in Uruguay's capital, Montevideo, work relatively free of government intervention, journalists in the country's interior complain that judicial decisions have restricted their ability to disseminate news, according to the journalists association Asociación de la Prensa Uruguaya (Association of the Uruguayan Press).
In April, Marlene Vaz, an editor and columnist for the Río Branco–based weekly Opción Cero (Option Cero), in Cerro Largo Department, was convicted of defamation and libel and sentenced to 20 months in prison.
A judge later suspended her sentence and ordered her to remain under police surveillance for one year, meaning she must ask authorities for permission each time she leaves Río Branco and must notify them whenever she changes her address.
www.cpj.org /attacks04/americas04/uruguay.html   (532 words)

  
 Cerro Largo Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
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If you have any questions about buying or selling your home in Cerro Largo we have experts who are willing to help you out right away.
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 The Canadian Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay
The project, linked to COFOAR (Cooperative Society of Forestry from Arevalo) from Cerro Largo Department, started on December 2002 and is actually on his first successful honey harvest.
In the framework of the Canadian Studies Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Center of Studies Canada-Uruguay organized from April 28 to May 2, 2003, a cycle of conferences, round tables and reunions on Reproductive Rights to which participated Dr. Rebecca Cook from Toronto University.
Also, in the framework of the exchange program of Guelph University (Ontario) with the Faculty of Agronomy from Universidad de la República, Karen Morrison, candidate to the doctorate in Agronomy from Guelph University gave several lectures attended by faculty members and rural producers from Salto, Paysandú and Canelones.
www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca /uruguay/winter-review-en.asp   (591 words)

  
 Cerro Largo Department|Cerro Largo Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
'''Largo''' is also the name of some places in the United StatesUnited States of America:
The small towns of '''Largo (Fife)Largo''', '''Upper Largo''' and '''Lower Largo''' adjoin '''Largo Bay''' in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.
The bay is a well known site for wintering seaducks, and is the most reliable site in Great Britain to find the American Surf Scoter.
www.echostatic.com /Cerro_Largo_Department|Cerro_Largo.html   (156 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Uruguay
Seals breed on the Lobos and Castillos islands in the Atlantic; the sealing industry is very strictly preserved by the Government, but during the season the killing is carried out without judgment, and the industry is in danger of perishing.
The departments are administered by governors appointed by the Executive, and by a locally elected council.
Each department has a departmental court, and there are smaller judicial sections (205) with justices of the peace and alcaldes.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15230c.htm   (2970 words)

  
 Eduardo Krieger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
June 27, 1928, Cerro Largo, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil), influent Brazilian physician, physiologist and scientific leader, current president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
Krieger was born to a family of German origins, in the small city of Cerro Largo, in the southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul.
Rubens Maciel at the Cardiology Department and decided to pursue a university career in the clinical area.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/E/Eduardo-Krieger.htm   (1001 words)

  
 Uruguay - Champions of the Este   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Since 1991 two selections per department take part, one representing the Capital league, and one the Interior Leagues, which is usually represented by the winner of a prior tournament among the different leagues, re-enforced with some players from the loosing ones.
Three times a department participated with only one selection: Maldonado twice (1998 and 1999) and Rocha once (1999).
Cerro Largo was affiliated to the Confederación del Noreste from 1968 to 1990.
www.rsssf.com /tablesu/uru-estechamp.html   (133 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Cerro Gordo County, Iowa Obituaries
They were married for 30 years until he preceded her in death.
Edna was a lifelong resident of Cerro Gordo County.
She was employed at Comprehensive Systems in Osage for 15 years and for 11 years at the Iowa Department of Human Services, until her illness disabled her.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/ia/ia-cerrogordo1.htm   (2874 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The new ELN step makes it difficult for Pastrana, because the designated meeting place was more to the south and new arguments against it could lose this insurgent central command initiative to break the inertia of negotiations.
According to national analysts, the fight by the government in South Bolivia department has an economic core, there are oil and gold deposits there.
Nedo Nunez, chief of another border police department, Cerro Largo, denied high-caliber weapons trading in that zone.
blythe.org /nytransfer-subs/20001cari/Direct_from_Cuba-17_April_2000   (3158 words)

  
 NGA: GNS; FIPS PUB 10-4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Standardization also reduces conversion costs for interchange of data between databases, and reduces costs of data element maintenance by the implementation of a centrally, maintained standard to replace separately maintained elements.
This data element and representation standard is made available for the interchange of information among Federal departments and independent agencies.
It is intended for use in activities associated with the mission of the Department of State and national defense programs.
earth-info.nga.mil /gns/html/fips10-4.html   (1699 words)

  
 LAPAHIE.com 2.8  \  Navajo Timeline - Mexican Era (1821 - 1847)
The expedition passed along the northern part of Navajo country including the Canyon Largo, the San Juan River, the Chinle Valley, Marsh Pass, Navajo Mountain, and crossed the Colorado River at the Crossing of the Fathers.
The plan of operation was to march to the heart of the Navajo country and map their pastures and fields.
They had departed that city on September 13 of the previous year to campaign against the Navajos.
www.lapahie.com /Timeline_Mexican_1821_1847.cfm   (18011 words)

  
 Abstract - Proimujer
This programme was co-financed by IADB and executed by the Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Formación de recursos humanos of Argentina, the INFOCAL of Bolivia and the INA of Costa Rica.
The local Council in each department of the country promotes the insertion of the Programme acting as the link between the local agents and the potential beneficiaries of the programme according to the agreements that have been established.
The Technical Multidisciplinary Teams and the Vocational Training Centres that are selected will execute under the supervision of the Co-ordination Unit the different stages of the Programme in order to accomplish the objectives established in the call and the agreements.
ilo.law.cornell.edu /public/english/region/ampro/cinterfor/temas/gender/proimuj   (1116 words)

  
 BIOGENESIS - Bovifort, TP #12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
(R) Biogénesis S.A. The trial was conducted between January and April 1998, on a farm with an Index CONEAT 80 of small hills with superficial basalt, selected by the INIA as an experimental farm for pasture management trials, situated in Paraje Laurel, department of Cerro Largo.
On day —10, a total of 70 young steers were selected from a larger group, based on similar weight and age, and feces samples were taken for EPG's.
The data regarding the farm, the dates on wich the trial was commenced and finish and the sampling, type of pasture, breed of cattle and age of these animals, and the total weight gains of the Groups with treatment specifications, are detailed in Table I.
www.biogenesis.com.ar /ingles/trabajos/bovif12.htm   (1883 words)

  
 Administrative divisions. The World Factbook. 2003
15 departments (departamentos, singular - departamento) and 2 autonomous regions* (regiones autonomistas, singular - region autonomista); Atlantico Norte*, Atlantico Sur*, Boaco, Carazo, Chinandega, Chontales, Esteli, Granada, Jinotega, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Masaya, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia, Rio San Juan, Rivas
7 departments (departements, singular - departement) and 1 capital district* (capitale district); Agadez, Diffa, Dosso, Maradi, Niamey*, Tahoua, Tillaberi, Zinder
none (overseas department of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 4 arrondissements, 24 communes, and 47 cantons
www.bartleby.com /151/fields/44.html   (5016 words)

  
 Colorado State University - Foot & Mouth Information
The new outbreak is in the State of Tachira No new cases of FMD have been confirmed in Venezuela since the last confirmed case on June 15, 2001.
Colombia FMD Outbreak (Type A) Colombia continues to have one confirmed case of FMD type A. The outbreak is in the Department of Cauca.
Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Milan A. Rewerts, director of Cooperative Extension, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
www.footandmouth.colostate.edu /emoc-notice.html   (502 words)

  
 YOUTH CONTEST
Within the framework of that Project, the Uruguayan Postal Administration - supported by the Foundation Lolita Rubial from Minas (Department of Lavalleja), and in agreement with the Primary Education Council - organized a domestic Contest, named "YEAR 2000 IN A STAMP".
The stamps with the motives that won a Second Prize will be issued on May 6th., l999, and those bearing the designs winning a First Prize will be released in 2000, and later will take part in a philatelic event to be held in Anaheim, California, USA.
The Department of Cerro Largo with 32 schools participating, won four mentions and an award.
www.correo.com.uy /filatelia/frames/9910s_ingles.htm   (456 words)

  
 Uruguay Departments
The departments of Colonia, Flores, San José, and Soriano appear to meet in a single point.
1837-06-14: Minas department formed from parts of Cerro Largo and Maldonado; Salto and Tacuarembó departments split from Paysandú.
1880-07-07: Río Negro department split from Paysandú; Rocha department split from Maldonado.
www.statoids.com /uuy.html   (473 words)

  
 1528-WR-UY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Consultancy services relating to rehabilitation of the potable water supply systems in the cities of Melo and Rivera.
Melo, with a population of about 46,000, is located in the Department of Cerro Largo, about 420 km northeast of Montevideo.
Rivera, with a population of about 75,000, is located in the Department of Rivera, about 600 km north of Montevideo.
www.tahal.co.il /projects/1528-WR-UY.html   (259 words)

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