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  Uruguay - GOVERNMENT
Uruguay's foreign policy has been shaped by its democratic tradition, its history of being a victim of foreign intervention, its status as the second smallest country in South America (after Suriname), and its location between the two rival giants of the region: Argentina to the west and Brazil to the north.
Uruguay was a signatory of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty), the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Tlatelolco Treaty), and the Río de la Plata Basin Treaty.
Uruguay had discontinued its diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba on September 8, 1964, in compliance with the decision of the OAS General Assembly, which sought to isolate the regime of Fidel Castro Ruz.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/uruguay/GOVERNMENT.html   (13639 words)

  
 Comparative Criminology | South America - Uruguay
Uruguay's early 19th century history was shaped by ongoing fights between the British, Spanish, Portuguese, and colonial forces for dominance in the Argentina-Brazil-Uruguay region.
Uruguay is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention.
Uruguay is currently not a major drug-transit country, although its use as a transshipment point may be increasing.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/samerica/uruguay.html   (8919 words)

  
 Uruguay
The proportion of the immigrant population in Uruguay rose from 48 percent in 1860 to 68 percent in 1868.
Uruguay is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Atlantic seaboard of South America between 53 and 58 west longitude and 30 and 35 south latitude.
Uruguay's regions differed markedly not only in population size and density but also in their indexes of social and economic development, including education, health care, communications, energy consumption, and industrialization.
www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/uruguay/all.html   (17808 words)

  
 Socialist Party, Uruguay
In 1971 the Socialist Party was one of the political parties (alongside the Communist Party, the Christian Democratic Party and other small political parties) that founded the Frente Amplio coalition.
The Socialist Party of Uruguay is a member of the international group Socialist International alongside Nuevo Espacio and a lot of socialist and social-democrat political parties from around the world.
The Juventud Socialista (Socialist Youth) is the youth movement of the Partido Socialista del Uruguay.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/uy}ps.html   (472 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Socialist International
Split by the outbreak of World War I, it was re-formed in 1923 (as the Labour and Socialist International), and reconstituted again (in its present form) after World War II (during which many socialist parties had been suppressed in Nazi-occupied Europe).
In the 1980s, most SI parties gave their backing to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas (FSLN), whose leftwing government had incited enmity from the United States.
The Party of European Socialists, a party active in the European Parliament, is an associated organization of the Socialist International.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Socialist_International   (565 words)

  
 Uruguay - Broad Front
In February 1971, Colorado Party dissident senators Zelmar Michelini (who was later assassinated in 1976) and Hugo Batalla formed the left-of-center Broad Front coalition in a bid to break the historical two-party system of Colorados and Blancos.
The Socialist Party of Uruguay (Partido Socialista del Uruguay--PSU), one of Uruguay's oldest left-wing parties (founded in 1910 by Emilio Frugoni), was one of its principal members.
Rodney Arismendi, PCU general secretary since 1955, returned to Uruguay in November 1984 after many years as a resident of Moscow; he died in 1988 and was replaced by Jaime Pérez, a former union leader.
countrystudies.us /uruguay/71.htm   (717 words)

  
 Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive
Uruguay was brought under nominal Portuguese control in the early 17th century, but was occupied by the Spanish in 1726 and became part of the viceroyalty of La Plata, in effect as a colony of Buenos Aires.
Through most of the 19th century Uruguay was torn by bitter rivalry between the liberal Red Party and the conservative White Party (the Colorados and the Blancos), which descended at times into civil war and led to intevention by Argentina and Brazil.
The main opposition to the Colorados now comes from the left-wing Progressive Encounter coalition, which includes the Socialist Party of Uruguay, the centrist Uruguay Assembly and Christian-Democratic Party, and the extreme left Movement for Popular Participation and the Communist Party of Uruguay.
psephos.adam-carr.net /countries/u/uruguay/statsuruguay.shtml   (544 words)

  
 Frente Amplio wins elections in Uruguay
Guillermo Stirling, former Interior Minister in the Batlle administration, was nominated as the Colorado presidential candidate and sacrificial goat to head the party’s guaranteed historic failure.
The rise of Workers Party President Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva in Brazil, Néstor Kirchner in Argentina, Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, and to a lesser extent Ricardo Lagos in Chile are examples of this regional trend.
In Uruguay, the 2002 crisis came on the heels of the Brazilian devaluation and the Argentine depression.
www.wsws.org /articles/2004/nov2004/urug-n04_prn.shtml   (1947 words)

  
   Links to Uruguay Govt.
Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (LATU) [Technological Laboratory of Uruguay]
Embajada del Uruguay en Brasília, Brasil [Embassy of Uruguay in Brasilia, Brazil]
Embajada del Uruguay en Santiago, Chile [Embassy of Uruguay in Santiago, Chile]
www.unitedgovt.com /uruguay.html   (496 words)

  
 Socialist Uruguay dawns
The Republican party which used to advertise itself as the party of small government is out spending the Democrats while they are in power.
Facts have proved that strengthening cooperation between China and Uruguay is conducive to their common development and conforms to the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, he said.
Uruguay is the last leg of his four-nation tour of Latin America.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1410434/posts   (1591 words)

  
 Space 90, Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The main political party inside Espacio 90 is the Socialist Party of Uruguay.
In the last electoral campaign for the presidential elections of 2004, this "Socialist Espacio 90 flag" variant was widely used by members of the Socialist Party.
This variant is used by the youth movement of the Socialist Party of Uruguay.
flagspot.net /flags/uy}e90.html   (333 words)

  
 New Space, Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Nuevo Espacio (New Space) is a social-democrat political party founded in 1994, that is a member of the Encuentro Progresista-Frente Amplio-Nueva Mayoría party coalition.
The Uruguayan presidential elections of October 2004, were won by this coalition, whose candidate, the socialist doctor Tabaré Vázquez became the first non-traditional parties member elected as president in Uruguay.
Nuevo Espacio flags are blue with the logo of the party: their own version of a "socialist rose".
www.atlasgeo.net /FOTW/flags/uy}ne.html   (297 words)

  
 Elections in Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Uruguay (Spanish: Uruguay) is a country in South America.
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).
Partido Colorado (Red Party): liberal party with right-wing conservative wing
www.electionworld.org /uruguay.htm   (396 words)

  
 Frente Amplio party coalition, Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
At the party website there’s an image consisting of such a triband superimposed with a big yellow "FA" vertical digraph which creates a sector from 7 o’clock to 12 o’clock filled with wavy blue stripes on white.
In these elections the socialist doctor Tabaré Vázquez was elected as the first president in Uruguay not a member of any traditional party.
Most flags in these celebrations were just plain tricolor flags, but the "logo variants" and this "composite design variant" could be seen too.
fotw.vexillum.com /flags/uy}faau.html   (665 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Latin America's Ascendant Left Has Social Democratic Cast
But a group of newly elected leaders across the region, being widely described as part of a swing back to the socialistic past, are hardly revolutionaries.
In elections Sunday, voters chose a socialist president in Uruguay, 23 governors in Venezuela who are allied with the populist president Hugo Chavez, and more than 2,000 local officials throughout Chile, a majority of whom are members of the progressive governing coalition headed by President Ricardo Lagos.
He said it was unacceptable that one-third of Uruguay's 3 million people are impoverished, and he vowed to immediately implement a food and health care plan for the poor in return for community service.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A19591-2004Nov2?language=printer   (856 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Socialist International Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Socialist International (SI) is an international organisation for social democratic parties.
The current president is António Guterres from the Portuguese Socialist Party, in office since 1999.
The SI has ties with many smaller parties that are not full members, among the most high profile of these parties are Yassir Arafat's Fatah in Palestine.
www.ipedia.com /socialist_international.html   (584 words)

  
 Socialist Action
The Fourth International, also known as the World Party of Socialist Revolution, was founded in 1938 by Leon Trotsky.
It is a world-wide network of revolutionary socialist groups from over 40 nations.
While reactionary U.S. legislation bars Socialist Action from formal membership in the Fourth International, we stand in political solidarity with the FI, and consider its sections to be our sister organizations.
www.socialistaction.org /fi.htm   (330 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Uruguay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
Uruguay's well-to-do economy is characterized by an export-oriented agricultural sector, a well-educated workforce, and high levels of social spending.
After averaging growth of 5% annually during 1996-98, in 1999-2002 the economy suffered a major downturn, stemming largely from the spillover effects of the economic problems of its large neighbors, Argentina and Brazil.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/uy.html   (1192 words)

  
 Socialist Uruguay dawns - The Washington Times: World Briefings - May 24, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs, cited Uruguay's support of Telesur, a South American television venture pushed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, as evidence that Mr.
"Uruguay has a huge amount of [loan replacements] coming due in 2005 and 2006 with multiple institutions, and a new agreement was needed to roll over those obligations," said Mr.
Jorge Barrera, a former Colorado Party lawmaker who serves on the party's executive committee, says the Vazquez administration's leadership is suffering from internal contradictions, with some ministers pushing differing agendas.
www.washtimes.com /world/20050523-094154-5552r.htm   (965 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
This is the flag for the Socialist Party in Uruguay.
They had a memorial/rally/street gathering that day for a recently deceased party leader.
I only caught the beginning when people were starting to assemble - it struck me as very orderly, as everyone formed a long line.
www.seanet.com /~nstack/uruguay/socialism.htm   (96 words)

  
 Fourth International Sections
The Fourth International is a world-wide network of revolutionary socialists who trace their roots back to the struggle of Leon Trotsky and others against Stalinism.
Below is a partial list of organizations that are official sections, or in political solidarity, with the Fourth International.
Labour Party Pakistan - close to FI (Pakistan)
www.geocities.com /mnsocialist/fi1.html   (136 words)

  
 Contact or Join the Socialist Party
Socialist Party lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group
Being a Socialist Party member: What will it mean for you?
The Socialist Party is part of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), which fights for socialism in more than 35 countries across every continent.
www.socialistparty.org.uk /Join.html   (151 words)

  
 International Socialist Tendency | for workers' power and international socialism   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
And their goal from the get-go was to take as many anti-war activists with them as possible in order to get out the vote for the Democrats in 2004 under the guise of “Anybody but Bush” (ABB).
It includes an assessment of the European Social Forum, debates on the far left and the European elections, and reports from IST groups in Uruguay, Australia, the Netherlands and Austria.
January 2005 issue of Socialist (Urdu) published from Karachi Pakistan is out now.
www.istendency.net   (1252 words)

  
 FREE In-depth report - Broad Front - Uruguay
In February 1971, Colorado Party dissident senators Zelmar Michelini (who was later assassinated in 1976) and Hugo Batalla
Uruguay Hotels - Uruguay Hostels - Uruguay Sights
A good starting point for researching Uruguay for travel or reference.
www.exploitz.com /Uruguay-Broad-Front-cg.php   (833 words)

  
 Social Democratic Parties of the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Party of Socialists and Democrats (Partito dei Socialisti e dei Democratici), San Marino
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland / Socialist Party of Switzerland (Sozialdemokratische Partei der Schweiz / Parti Socialiste Suisse / Partito Socialista Svizzero, SP/PS), associated to PES
African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, PAIGC)
www.broadleft.org /socdem.htm   (524 words)

  
 Member parties of the Socialist International
Map of the World showing all the Member Parties
Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SDP BiH
Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger, PNDS
www.socialistinternational.org /2Members/who.html   (113 words)

  
 Left Socialist and Reform Communist Parties of the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Sao Paulo Forum is dominated by left socialist parties and alliances like the Brazilian PT, the Uruguayan Frente Amplio or the Salvadorian FMLN but it has also iuncludes radical leftist, communist and social democratic organizations.
Therefore its member parties are not listed here.
Socialist Workers' Party of Turkey (Türkiye Sosyalist Isçi Partisi, TSIP)
www.broadleft.org /leftsoc.htm   (466 words)

  
 member organisations
Union of Socialist Women for Parity and Solidarity, Bulgarian Socialist Party, BSP
Union of Socialist Women of Chile, Socialist Party of Chile, PS
Democratic Socialist Women of the Philippines, Philippines Democratic Socialist Party, PDSP (consultative status)
www.socintwomen.org /MEMBERS/ENGLISH/members.html   (596 words)

  
 Quota Database
A Bill was proposed in 1988 stipulating that electoral lists should not have more than 75% candidates of the same sex.
This quota would apply both to party lists and to internal party bodies.
Aguirre, R. (2001); Inter-Parliamentary Union 1997a; Peschard, J. (2002); Socialist International Women (2002)
www.quotaproject.org /displayCountry.cfm?CountryCode=UY   (96 words)

  
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Statement of Concern in the WSF 2005, on the threat of violence in the resolution of political differences.
the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) as ³counter-revolutionary² and
Leo Panitch, Socialist Register, UK Lim Soei Liong, TAPOL, Indonesia Human Rights Campaign
www.akbayan.org /post-WSF2005.htm   (403 words)

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