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	Uruguay (12/06)
		Uruguay's early 19th century history was shaped by ongoing conflicts between the British, Spanish, Portuguese, and colonial forces for dominance in the Argentina-Brazil-Uruguay region.
		The two traditional political parties, the National ("Blanco") and Colorado parties, which were founded in the early 19th century, in the past garnered about 90% of the vote but have seen their share decline over the past decades.
		Uruguay is a strong advocate of constitutional democracy, political pluralism, and individual liberties.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2091.htm (3073 words)

	Colorado Party (Uruguay) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Uruguay.
		It was the officialist party almost without interruption between the stablisment of the republic.
		The colorado party collapsed in the 2004 elections, when it's candidate Guillermo Stirling suffered it's worst defeat ever.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colorado_Party_(Uruguay) (173 words)

	History of Uruguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1872, however, the two parties reached an accord under which the National Party was given control of four of the country's departments, but the Colorado Party remained in power.
		By 1872 one- fourth of the population was foreign born and by 1900, one-third.
		Uruguay adopted free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876, thanks to the efforts of educator José Pedro Varela (president, 1875-76), who was influenced by Horace Mann of the United States.
	www.motherearthtravel.com /uruguay/history.htm (4752 words)

	MSN Encarta - Uruguay (country)
		Traditionally an agricultural economy, specifically involved in stock-raising, Uruguay still depends heavily on agriculture, although manufacturing and tourism are increasing in importance.
		Uruguay is a member of Mercosur, the South American common market.
		Stock-raising is the principal agricultural activity of Uruguay and the mainstay of the economy, contributing 38.5 per cent of Uruguayan exports in 1995 in the form of live animals, meat, wool, and hides.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568731_4/Uruguay_(country).html (428 words)

	MSN Encarta - Uruguay (country)
		The monetary unit of Uruguay is the Uruguayan peso of 100 centésimos (24.7 Uruguayan pesos equalled US$1; early 2005).
		Uruguay imports fuel and lubricants, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, construction materials, synthetic plastics and resins, machinery and parts, and motor vehicles.
		Uruguay enjoys about 160 radio stations and 26 television stations (only one is owned by the state).
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761568731_5/Uruguay_(country).html (349 words)

	Bibliography on Party Politics in Uruguay, 1950-62
		Although much attention has been given to Uruguay's experiments with committee executives and her extensive welfare program, the parties are seldom treated in depth in the literature contained in our information file.
		This is to be expected, for the factionalized condition of her political parties is Uruguay's most arresting political feature.
		Because Uruguay is so different from her neighbors in Latin America, it seems that theoretical works would thrive as scholars sought an understanding of her party politics.
	www.janda.org /ICPP/ICPP1980/Book/PART3/38-UruguayBib.htm (926 words)

	Encyclopedia: Colorado Party (Uruguay)
		Uruguay is a democracy and representative republic with its capital in Montevideo.
		Julio MarÃa Sanguinetti Coirolo (born 1936), was President of Uruguay from 1 March 1985 to 1 March 1990 and from 1 March 1995 to 1 March 2000.
		This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Colorado-Party-(Uruguay) (550 words)

	Polity IV Country Report 2003: Uruguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Uruguay's political parties are durable and inclusive, with mass-based national constituencies.
		In elections held in 1999, the old parties were both surpassed by a coalition of left-wing parties, the Progressive Encounter, and entered a governing coalition agreement for the first time.
		In November 2002, the National (Blanco) Party (PN) voted to withdraw from the ruling coalition in preparation for upcoming elections; the PN leadership promised to enter into a "governability pact" with President Batlle's Colorado Party to ensure majority support for the government in the legislature.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Uru1.htm (581 words)

	Uruguay - Decline of the Economy and the Colorado Party, 1951-58
		Uruguay - Decline of the Economy and the Colorado Party, 1951-58
		At the same time, Uruguay had difficulties with the United States regarding wool exports and suffered the negative effects of both restrictive United States trade policies and competition from the foreign sales of United States agricultural surpluses.
		Aided by the LFAR and a weakening economy, the National Party won, and the Colorado Party lost control of the executive for the first time in ninety-four years.
	countrystudies.us /uruguay/18.htm (382 words)

	Uruguay - Extended information
		Uruguay (country) (Spanish República Oriental del Uruguay), republic in east central South America, second smallest country on the continent, bounded on the north by Brazil, on the east by Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Atlantic Ocean and the Río de la Plata, and on the west by Argentina.
		Uruguay is a highly urbanized country, even though its economy is based largely on agriculture, particularly livestock raising, which flourishes on the rolling plains of the countryside.
		The principal cities of Uruguay are Montevideo (population, 1996, 1,378,707), the country's capital, chief port, and economic center; Salto (117,597), a center of commerce, shipping, and the meat-salting and meat-packing industries; and Paysandú (111,509), a port and center of the meat-packing and frozen-meat industries.
	www.wool.com.uy /uruguay2.htm (5449 words)

	Colorado Party, Uruguay
		The origin of the name of the party could be find in the battle of Carpintería in 1836 (fought between José Fructuoso Rivera the founder of Colorado Party and Manuel Oribe, the "white" leader).
		Traditionally the colorados have had support in big cities and were a more "liberal" party, while the blancos defined themselves as a very nationalist party.
		There is a picture of a flag of the Colorado Party with sun without face, and with a ratio different from 2:3 at the homepage of Alternativa Joven (Young Alternative), a youth movement inside Partido Colorado.
	www.fotw.net /flags/uy}col.html (744 words)

	AllRefer.com - Uruguay - Introduction \| Uruguayan Information Resource
		In 1872, however, the two parties reached an accord under which the National Party was given control of four of the country's departments, but the Colorado Party remained in power.
		By 1872 one- fourth of the population was foreign born and by 1900, one-third.
		Uruguay adopted free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876, thanks to the efforts of educator José Pedro Varela (president, 1875-76), who was influenced by Horace Mann of the United States.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/uruguay/uruguay11.html (4832 words)

	SOS Children's Villages: Country Information on Uruguay
		The habitat of alligators is restricted to the upper waters of the Uruguay River.
		The Colorado Party was re-elected in 1966, but was likewise unable to bring the economic situation under control.
		In the 1994 presidential elections Julio María Sanguinetti, the candidate of the Colorado Party, was elected to a second term as head of state and succeeded by his party colleague Jorge Batlle in 1999.
	www.sos-childrensvillages.org /html/country_information_on_uruguay.html (1272 words)

	Paraguay (05/07)
		In May 1993, Colorado Party candidate Juan Carlos Wasmosy was elected as Paraguay's first civilian president in almost 40 years in what international observers deemed fair and free elections.
		Oviedo became the Colorado candidate for president in the 1998 election, but when the Supreme Court upheld in April his conviction on charges related to the 1996 coup attempt, he was not allowed to run and remained in confinement.
		His running mate, Raul Cubas Grau, became the Colorado Party's candidate and was elected in May. The assassination of Vice-President Luis Maria Argana and the killing of eight student anti-government demonstrators, allegedly carried out by Oviedo supporters, led to Cubas’ resignation in March 1999.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1841.htm (3265 words)

	AllRefer.com - Uruguay - Decline of the Economy and the Colorado Party, 1951-58 \| Uruguayan Information Resource
		AllRefer.com - Uruguay - Decline of the Economy and the Colorado Party, 1951-58
		Decline of the Economy and the Colorado Party, 1951-58
		The Opposition and the Reemergence of Parties, 1980-84
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/uruguay/uruguay29.html (525 words)

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		Uruguay was primarily dependent on cattle as the major staple of their economy at this time.
		Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil united forces from 1865 until 1870 in a war against Paraguay.
		Uruguay also entered the age of refrigeration during this time, which propelled them into the world market in that it allowed them to export their beef overseas.
	web.pdx.edu /~carlc/uruguay/history.html (913 words)

	History (from Uruguay) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The second smallest nation on the continent, Uruguay has long been overshadowed politically and economically by the adjacent republics of Brazil and Argentina, with both of which it shares many cultural and historical similarities.
		On March 1 Jorge Batlle Ibáñez of the moderate Colorado Party, the winner of Uruguay's fourth democratic presidential election since the end of military rule in 1985, took office.
		Brief history of Uruguay from its settlement by Europeans in the 16th century to the restoration of democracy in the 1980s.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-214510 (879 words)

	Phrasebase™ - Uruguay Facts and Information, Uruguay Statistics, Uruguay Facts, Uruguay Information, Countries of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Uruguay Background: A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973.
		Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
		Overview of the Uruguay Economy: Uruguay's economy is characterized by an export-oriented agricultural sector, a well-educated workforce, and high levels of social spending.
	www.phrasebase.com /countries/Uruguay.html (992 words)

	Paraguay - History
		Elected to complete the unexpired term of his predecessor he was re-elected president seven times ruling almost continuously under the state-of-siege provision of the constitution with support from the military and the Colorado Party.
		Rodriguez as the Colorado Party candidate easily won the presidency and the Colorado Party dominated the Congress.
		On May 9 1993 Colorado Party presidential candidate Juan Carlos Wasmosy was elected as Paraguay's first civilian president in almost 40 years in what international observers deemed fair and free elections.
	www.paraguay-facts.com /History-3.html (659 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Americas \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Uruguay
		Uruguay has traditionally been better off than many other countries in South America, and is known for its progress in education, its advanced welfare system and its liberal laws governing social issues such as divorce.
		Uruguay has a virtually homogeneous population, which consists overwhelmingly of second- and third-generation Europeans, mostly of Spanish or Italian origin.
		Public anger over Uruguay's 2002 economic crisis, and a disenchantment with free-market economic policies, were said to have contributed to Uruguay's dramatic political shift.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/1229360.stm (621 words)

	Elections in Uruguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Uruguay (Spanish: Uruguay) is a country in South America.
		Uruguay has a population of around 3,4 million on 173,620 km².
		Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 1 and on civil rights with a 1, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
	www.electionworld.org /uruguay.htm (396 words)

	SIM Country Profile: Uruguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Southern Uruguay is an extension of the Pampas of Argentina.
		Central Uruguay is a rolling plateau separating the south from the northern basaltic plateau.
		In 1971, the Colorado Party won again, but victory was short-lived as increasing economic and political upheaval threatened to disrupt the government.
	www.sim.org /country.asp?CID=50&fun=1 (1108 words)

	UB - News and Event - insight - Sep 2000
		In the 1960s he worked for reforms in the Colorado Party of Uruguay and became the Minister of Industry and Commerce in 1969 and then the Minister of Education and Culture in 1972.
		In 1983 he was elected as General Secretary of the Colorado Party and was a driving force in securing the return of Uruguay to its proud tradition of democracy.
		In 1984 he was elected President of the Republic of Uruguay with the highest percentage of votes cast since 1926.
	www.bridgeport.edu /news/200009/sep2000-a04.html (219 words)

	List of political parties in Uruguay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Political parties in Uruguay lists political parties in Uruguay.
		Uruguay has a multi-party system, with three dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
		Party of the Communes (Partido de los Comunes)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Uruguay (164 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Uruguay has had a downturn in their economy for the past four years.
		Uruguay's main trading partners are the countries that border them, Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
		Uruguay emerged from 12 years of a military regime in 1985.
	web.pdx.edu /~carlc/uruguay/facts.html (459 words)

	Country Analysis Brief - Uruguay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Uruguay is a highly urban country of about 3.4 million people, nearly half of whom reside in greater Montevideo, Uruguay's capital and largest city.
		Uruguay has begun integrating parts of its transmission network with neighboring countries and is promoting a series of transmission and generation projects intended to make the country a key link in the growing trade in electricity between Brazil and Argentina.
		The Embassy of Uruguay in Washington, D.C. The University of the Republic, Montevideo
	www.world-digest.com /doe/uy.htm (2813 words)

	WAR OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE FACTS AND INFORMATION
		In 1864 Brazil became involved in the Uruguayan civil war and helped the leader of Uruguay's Colorado Party to oust his Blanco Party opponent.
		The dictator of Paraguay, Francisco_Solano_LÃ³pez, had supported the Blanco Party and believing that the regional balance of power was threatened, went to war with Brazil, invading the Brazilian province of Mato_Grosso.
		Meanwhile, the Colorados had gained control of Uruguay, and they retained that control until 1958.
	www.amysflowershop.com /War_of_the_Triple_Alliance (720 words)

	The waters of October New Internationalist - Find Articles
		In these elections, for the first time in the country's history, the Left won; and in the plebiscite, for the first time in world history, the privatization of water was rejected by popular vote, asserting that water is the right of all people.
		In the final act of his campaign the vice-presidential candidate for the Colorado Party announced that if the Left won the elections, all Uruguayans would have to dress identically like the Chinese under Mao.
		In 1992, Uruguay was the only country in the world to put the privatization of public companies to a popular vote: 72 per cent opposed.
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	Uruguay
		Uruguay, on the east coast of South America south of Brazil and east of Argentina, is comparable in size to Oklahoma.
		Uruguay revolted against Spain in 1811, only to be conquered in 1817 by the Portuguese from Brazil.
		Uruguay, made prosperous by meat and wool exports, founded a welfare state early in the 20th century under President José Batlle y Ordóñez, who ruled from 1903 to 1929.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108124.html (657 words)

	National Party-Whites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The National party-Whites(Partido Nacional-Blancos) is a the major center-right political party in Uruguay.
		Together with the Colorado Party it is one of the two traditional groupings dating back to the nineteenth century.
		Its presidential candidate, Jorge Larrañaga, won the same day 34.3 % of the popular vote.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Party-Whites (106 words)

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