Line #17 UsefulNotes/Uruguay


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3	One of the smallest nations in South America, Uruguay didn’t attract much attention from the colonists because of its lack of resources and the fierceness of the natives. Only when the independence wave started in the area, people from all places saw the benefits the port city of Montevideo could provide, like the British or, especially, its neighbors: UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} and UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}}.
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5	The country became independent in 1813, but this period was brief since it was soon conquered and annexed by the Brazilian Empire, leading to the Cisplatine War between Brazil and Argentina that ended with Uruguay independent again. Soon, a civil war between the two main factions of the country, the conservative ''Blancos'' and the (relatively) more liberal ''Colorados'' (Whites and Reds) emerged, that eventually put Montevideo under a siege that lasted nine years (Creator/AlexandreDumas called it “a new [[UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar Trojan War]]”). Giuseppe Garibaldi made a name for himself in the war before championing the UsefulNotes/WarsOfItalianIndependence. Brazil and Argentina took advantage of the war by supporting Reds and Whites, respectively; the war eventually ended with the victory of the Reds. As a gesture of thanks to Brazil, Uruguay made a deal that allowed Brazil to intervene in their internal affairs whenever they considered fitting. In other words, it allowed Brazil to turn Uruguay into a PuppetState whenever they wanted, something they certainly took advantage of. The last intervention, in 1864, prompted Paraguay to try to topple the new Brazil-friendly government and the UsefulNotes/WarOfTheTripleAlliance, the aftermath of which not only left Paraguay in ruins, but also freed Uruguay from the deal with Brazil.
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7	The country kept growing and developing after that, though slower than other countries in the region, since its main source of income was agriculture, something that was less profitable over time. In 1973, a civic-military government took place until 1985 in response to of the growing influence of the Tupamaros, a Marxist urban guerrilla movement. During this time, more than a hundred people died or disappeared because of the actions of the junta (as a part of ‘Operation Condor’ with neighboring dictatorships).
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9	Today, Uruguay is one of the most developed countries in South America. As a curiosity, or maybe not, its main economic partners are Brazil and Argentina. It was also the first country in the region to legalize same-sex civil unions and to allow gay adoption. It's divided in two easy-to-identify regions: the north is countryside and the south/coast, beaches.
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11	The local music is tango, like in Argentina, but not the same kind of tango. The most famous Uruguayan tango is "''La cumparsita''" (world’s second-most famous after "''Por una cabeza''"; it appears on ''Film/SunsetBoulevard''). It has a [[SeriousBusiness fierce]] competition with Argentina about two things: their main ports’ attractive (Montevideo vs Buenos Aires) and the birthplace of Carlos Gardel, legend of the tango ([[{{Anticlimax}} ... turns out he was French]]). They’re [[BerserkButton most emphatically]] '''not Argentinians''', no matter how similar their accents sound.
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13	On 31 July 2013, Uruguay become the first nation in the world to legalize the sale, cultivation, and distribution of cannabis. As then-President Jose Mujica said, "Uruguay wants to make a 'contribution to humanity' by legalising marijuana but will backtrack if the 'experiment' goes awry." In order to keep the country from becoming an [[FreestateAmsterdam Amsterdam]] in the southern hemisphere, Uruguay requires users 18 and older to be registered in a national database, and has prohibited both the sale of marijuana to foreigners and the transport of marijuana over international borders.
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15	Despite its small place, it's still a hub for UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball. The Uruguayan national team won two straight UsefulNotes/OlympicGames football tournaments in the 20's (leading to the nickname 'Celeste Olimpica', the former part referring to the sky blue uniforms), plus two of the earliest editions of UsefulNotes/TheWorldCup (the inaugural edition in 1930, which they hosted; and 1950, upsetting Brazil at home in what became a ShockingDefeatLegacy for the neighbors) and are the biggest winners of the continental Copa América, with 15 titles.
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17	As a last curious note, the full name of the country is the Oriental (or Eastern) Republic of Uruguay ('''Spanish:''' ''República Oriental del Uruguay''). That may have you thinking “So where’s the Occidental one?”, when the fact is that there isn’t. The name of the country is actually an attempt to state that it's in the east of the Uruguay River, something that doesn't seem quite clear in the name itself (same deal in Spanish, by the way).
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19	!!Works of or about Uruguay:
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21	* {{Tango}}
22	* ''Film/{{Alive}}''. The team trapped in the Andes was from Uruguay.
23	* ''Montevideo, or the new Troy'', by Creator/AlexandreDumas, deals with the civil war of the mid-1800s. It’s not the best source though, since Dumas was based on the recount of a man who twisted the facts to put an overtly negative view on Argentina and its president, Juan Manuel de Rosas.
24	* ''Literature/OpenVeinsOfLatinAmerica'', by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeCaballeros'' has a short, ''The Flying Gauchito'', about [[ABoyAndHisX a kid and his flying donkey]].
26	* ''Film/{{XXY}}'', though filmed in Argentina, is set mainly in Uruguay.
27	* ''State of Siege'' by Creator/CostaGavras. Yeah, sure, it says it happens on an [[BananaRepublic unnamed South American country]], but it's based on a real event in Uruguay.
28	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E16BartVsAustralia Bart vs. Australia]]", Homer finds Uruguay on the globe. Of course, being Homer, he misreads it as "you are gay".
29	* In ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'', Montevideo is devastated (with more than a million casualties) when one of the nuke-powered Rocket Reds obtained by Vandal Savage explodes over it.
30	* ''Submerged'' despite being filmed in Sofia, Bulgaria, the action occurs in Uruguay. (in)Famous for the horribly inaccurate depictions of the country.
31	* One of the most known Latin American [[Website/YouTube Youtubers]] is ''WebVideo/ElBananero'', who made a sensation since the TurnOfTheMillennium thanks to his ToiletHumor and GagDub with sexual tones.
32	* Uruguay is the subject of a gag from ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'':
33	-->'''Captain Spaulding''': Where are you going?\
34	'''Roscoe W. Chandler''': Uruguay.\
35	'''Captain Spaulding''': Well, you go Uruguay and I'll go mine.\
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38	[[AC:The Uruguayan flag]]
39	https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uruguay_flag_2208.png
40	->The flag's nine alternating white and blue stripes symbolize the original Departments of Uruguay (currently at nineteen): Canelones, Cerro Largo (including Treinta y Tres), Colonia, Durazno, Maldonado (including Lavalleja and Rocha), Montevideo, Paysandú (including Artigas, Río Negro, Rivera, Salto and Tacuarembó), San José and Soriano (including Flores). At the canton is the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_of_May Sun of May]], an emblem it shares with UsefulNotes/{{Argentina}}.
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42	[[AC:The Uruguayan national anthem]]
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44	->¡Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba!
45	->¡Libertad o con gloria morir!
46	->¡Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba!
47	->¡Libertad o con gloria morir!
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49	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
50	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
51	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
52	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
53	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
54	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
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56	->¡Que sabremos cumplir!
57	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
58	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
59	->¡Que sabremos cumplir!
60	->¡Sabremos cumplir!
61	->¡Sabremos cumplir!
62	->¡Sabremos cumplir!
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64	->¡Libertad, libertad, orientales!
65	->Este grito a la Patria salvó.
66	->Que a sus bravos en fieras batallas
67	->De entusiasmo sublime inflamó.
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69	->¡Libertad, libertad, orientales!
70	->Este grito a la Patria salvó.
71	->Que a sus bravos en fieras batallas
72	->De entusiasmo sublime inflamó.
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74	->De este don sacrosanto la gloria
75	->Merecimos: ¡tiranos, temblad!
76	->¡Tiranos, temblad!
77	->¡Tiranos, temblad!
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79	->Libertad en la lid clamaremos,
80	->Y muriendo, ¡también libertad!
81	->Libertad en la lid clamaremos,
82	->Y muriendo, ¡también libertad!
83	->¡También libertad!
84	->¡También libertad!
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86	->¡Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba!
87	->¡Libertad o con gloria morir!
88	->¡Orientales, la Patria o la Tumba!
89	->¡Libertad o con gloria morir!
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91	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
92	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
93	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
94	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
95	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
96	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
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98	->¡Que sabremos cumplir!
99	->¡Es el voto que el alma pronuncia,
100	->Y que heroicos sabremos cumplir!
101	->¡Que sabremos cumplir!
102	->¡Sabremos cumplir!
103	->¡Sabremos cumplir!
104	->¡Sabremos cumplir!
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106	--
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108	->Easterners, the Fatherland or the grave,
109	->Liberty or with glory we die!
110	->Easterners, the Fatherland or the grave,
111	->Liberty or with glory we die!
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113	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
114	->and which, heroically we will fulfill!
115	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
116	->and which, heroically we will fulfill!
117	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
118	->and which, heroically we will fulfill!
119	->Which we will fulfill!
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121	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
122	->and which, heroically we will fulfill.
123	->Which we will fulfill!
124	->We will fulfill!
125	->We will fulfill!
126	->We will fulfill!
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128	->Liberty, Liberty, Easterners!
129	->This cry saved the fatherland
130	->Which her brave warriors, in fierce battles
131	->with sublime enthusiasm fill´d.
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133	->Liberty, Liberty, Easterners!
134	->This cry saved the fatherland
135	->Which her brave warriors, in fierce battles
136	->with sublime enthusiasm fill´d.
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138	->Liberty, Liberty, Easterners!
139	->This cry saved the fatherland
140	->Which her brave warriors, in fierce battles
141	->with sublime enthusiasm fill´d.
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143	->This Holy gift of Glory we have deserved
144	->Tyrants: Tremble!
145	->Tyrants: Tremble!
146	->Tyrants: Tremble!
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148	->Liberty in combat we will Cry Out!
149	->And even dying, Freedom we shall also Shout!
150	->Liberty in combat we will Cry Out!
151	->And even dying, Freedom we shall also Shout!
152	->Freedom we shall also Shout!
153	->Freedom we shall also Shout!
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155	->Easterners, the Fatherland or the grave,
156	->Liberty or with glory we die!
157	->Easterners, the Fatherland or the grave,
158	->Liberty or with glory we die!
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160	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
161	->and which, heroically we will fulfill!
162	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
163	->and which, heroically we will fulfill!
164	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
165	->and which, heroically we will fulfill!
166	->Which we will fulfill!
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168	->It is the vow that the soul pronounces,
169	->and which, heroically we will fulfill.
170	->Which we will fulfill!
171	->We will fulfill!
172	->We will fulfill!
173	->We will fulfill!
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175	[[AC:Government]]
176	* Unitary presidential constitutional republic
177	** President: Luis Lacalle Pou
178	** Vice President: Beatriz Argimón
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180	[[AC:Miscellaneous]]
181	* '''Capital and largest city:''' Montevideo
182	* '''Population:''' 3,518,552
183	* '''Area:''' 176,215 km
184	(68,037 sq mi) (89th)
185	* '''Currency:''' Uruguayan peso ($) (UYU)
186	* '''ISO-3166-1 Code:''' UY
187	* '''Country calling code:''' 598
188	* '''Highest point:''' Cerro Catedral (514 m/1,685 ft) (178th)

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