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A double referendum was held in Uruguay on 28 November 1971 alongside general elections. Voters were asked whether they approved of two proposals; one...

General elections were held in Uruguay on 28 November 1971, alongside a double referendum. The result was a victory for the Colorado Party, which won the...

dictatorship of Uruguay (1973–85), also known as the Uruguayan Dictatorship, was an authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Uruguay for 12 years,...

Uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez. The candombe is a folk dance performed at Carnival, especially Uruguayan Carnival, mainly by Uruguayans of...

Civil War continued. It led to the creation of large Italian Uruguayan and Spanish Uruguayan communities that heavily influenced the culture and demographics...

Uruguayan municipal elections 2022 Uruguayan Law of Urgent Consideration referendum 2024 Uruguayan general election 2025 Uruguayan municipal elections Electoral...

The 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état took place in Uruguay on 27 June 1973 and marked the beginning of the civic-military dictatorship which lasted until 1985...

learned was advising the Uruguayan police in torture and other security work. The Tupamaros peaked as a guerrilla group in 1970 and 1971. During this period...

The Uruguayan Civil War, also known in Spanish as the Guerra Grande ("Great War"), was a series of armed conflicts between the leaders of Uruguayan independence...

from Montevideo led by the Colorado Joaquín Suarez, in the middle of the Uruguayan Civil War, and with the exception of the current administration of Luis...

become unicameral). The Uruguayan constitution allows citizens to challenge laws approved by Parliament by use of a referendum or to propose changes to...

December 2016), also known as El Goyo, was an Uruguayan Army general who served as president of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985 and was the last surviving...

was a Uruguayan politician and journalist and the 33rd president of Uruguay, serving from 1967 to 1972. Formerly the Vice President of Uruguay Pacheco...

of traditional Uruguayan food and beverage in Montevideo is the Mercado del Puerto ("Port Market"). Beef is very important in Uruguayan cuisine and an...

right to self-determination. In the 1980 referendum on sovereignty, 60% were against. After the referendum, Lévesque went back to Ottawa to start negotiating...

admitted to the United Nations. On 25 October 1992, citizens voted in a referendum to adopt the current constitution. On 14 February 1993, during the direct...

apartheid fell. This came since the announced referendum for Western Sahara was never held. Kenya and Uruguay followed in 2005, and relations were upgraded...

the territory occupied by Morocco. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara is the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the territory...

[laˈkaʃe]; born 13 July 1941), is a Uruguayan politician and lawyer who served as the 36th president of Uruguay from 1990 to 1995. A member of the National...

House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 27 June 1971, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats...