Uruguay

Although people assume otherwise, I am Latina, and I'm proud to be a part of that community. I obtain my Latin blood from my father, who moved to the United States from Uruguay as a child. My parents divorced each other when I was young; however, when I was with him for either the weekend or the month of July, I embraced all the wonders of my Latin family. Latino culture entails prodigious amounts of cooking, and we always cooked Uruguayan food; it was almost taboo to eat out. From flan to the…

destroying democracy in Uruguay and alienating large sections of the population (El Uruguayo, Latin Studies). However, military leadership pressured President Bordaberry to lengthen the state of internal war, which he did, even though the threat (Tupamaros) had already been taken care of. This allowed them room to organize a coup and seize/maintain absolute power. By June 27th, 1973, Democracy officially dies, marking the, foreseen, beginning of a military coup in Uruguay. The regime restricted…

agriculture of South America. Cities, landmarks, rivers, and mountain ranges can also be depicted throughout the map. These vignettes are included in specific countries, such as Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and more. The map also includes a portrait of Simon Bolivar, who once stated that “We shall not see, nor the generation which follows us, the triumph of the America we are building.” Many colors are used to liven these images, such…

The tango is a partners dance that originated in by the Rio de la Plata in the 1890’s. The Río de la Plata is the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The young form of the tango was known as tango criollo (the Creole tango). There are many forms of the tango today. The tango dance is a dance that has influences from European and African culture. The tango was often called “The Argentine Tango”. The tango style has changed over the years of it’s existence. When the tango originated, it…

per month from pharmacies, and was Uruguay allowed smoking marijuana in 1998 and indicate its estimates to the existence of 150 thousand frequent flier smoked as usually entertaining. In Chile, began having the first farm for therapeutic marijuana in Latin America on the agricultural area, crop weighs 100 kilograms of marijuana buds. Chile allow planting and use The researchers say derive therapeutic substances from marijuana to treat 200 cancer patients, who have joined the project, and despite…

The origin of the world trade organization goes way back to 1947 as the original intention was to create a third another institution that could handle the trade side of international economic cooperation. 50 countries were in participation to create the International Trade Organization (ITO) which would be an specialized agency of the unaired nations. The main purpose was to create the ITO at a UN conference on trade and employment in Havana, Cuba in 1947. However 15 countries were in talks on…

Panama Democratic Rule: Panama was initially a Constitutional Democracy, but in 1968 a coup to over throw the government succeeded into bringing militants to power. During the 80s General Manuel Noriega of the Panamanian military took control of the government. The US intervened in the situation after diplomatic and economic tactics did not work to remove Noriega form power. In 1991 US troops were sent in to Panama to remove Noriega and implement democracy. As of now, Panama is considered a…

hand, the Uruguayan response to the Tupamaros was equally as destructive to their numbers as the French response to the FLN was. Acting out of fear that the revolutions in other parts of Latin America would spread communism to Uruguay, the government was acting to save Uruguay and keep it…

Tobacco companies have been exploiting countries’ regulations for a long time and they are the only ones that are benefiting because they make sure to keep the dangers of smoking hidden. Phillips Morris International products are very popular in Uganda, where I grew up. When I was in Uganda, almost all my friends smoked and they were teenagers. Just like I did not know the consequences of smoking, my friends smoked for fun and they were extremely addicted. The only reason I wasn’t smoking was…

mask because it caught my attention by its shiny gold. The mask is very irregular by the shape of its face. Also, The history of the Inca Tribe is very interesting because the Incans had the best empire and army. The Sun God is on the flag of Peru, Uruguay, and Argentina. The Inca Sun God Mask was used for ceremonies, from mid 1438 to 1533. During the ceremonies, the Inca people would use a mask called the Sun God Mask . The mask allows them to worship the sun, by wearing it during…