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Libertad o muerte (Spanish) ("Liberty or Death") | |||||||
| Anthem | "National Anthem of Uruguay" | ||||||
| Capital | Montevideo | ||||||
| Largest city | Montevideo | ||||||
| Other cities | Canelones, Maldonado, Salto | ||||||
| Language | Spanish | ||||||
| Religion | Catholic | ||||||
| Demonym | Uruguayan | ||||||
| Government | Presidential Republic | ||||||
| President | Hugo Medina (1984) | ||||||
| Area | 176,215 km | ||||||
| Population | 3,494,382 (2009) | ||||||
| Independence | from Empire of Brazil | ||||||
| declared | August 25, 1825 | ||||||
| recognized | August 28, 1828 | ||||||
| Annexation | to Argentina | ||||||
| date | 1984 | ||||||
| Currency | Peso | ||||||
Uruguay was a independent country located in the south eastern part of South America. In 1984, along with Argentina and the Falkland Islands, formed the United American Republic (República Unida Americana), considered as the first union of nations post-Doomsday. Today, Uruguay is a autonomous province of the UAR, and Montevideo the capital of the federation.
History
Pre-Doomsday
In 1814, Uruguay gained their independence from Spain by a revolution with Jose Gervasio Artigas, who became a national hero. He formed the Liga Federal (Federal League), of which he was declared the Protector, or dictator. In August 1816, due to the rising star of Uruguay, Portugal, with Brazilian approval, invaded Uruguay, finally defeated Artigas at the Battle of Tacuarembo, and Uruguay was annexed into Brazil.
The Brazilian Empire became independent from Portugal in 1822. In response to the previous annexation the Thirty-Three Orientals, led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, declared independence on August 25, 1825 supported by the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (Argentina).
This led to the 500 day-long Argentina-Brazil War. Neither side gained the upper hand and in 1828 the Treaty of Montevideo, fostered by the United Kingdom, gave birth to Uruguay as an independent state. The nation's first constitution was adopted on July 18, 1830.
Doomsday
When the Doomsday occurs in 1983, Uruguay was ruled by a Civic-Military Dictatorship, which began in June 27th 1973 with the President Bordaberry's Coup d'état. By 1983, the uruguayan president was the General Gregorio Álvarez (assumed in 1981) who proved to be reluctant to return the Democracy to the country, and continues with the repression against the sectors opponents. However, as other countries of the continent, the economy began to experience the effects of the cataclysm, which led to more protests in a couple of months.
Post-Doomsday
By 1981, despite of the Alvarez's attempts for sustaining his regime, finally the massive civil protests organized and the loss of the support of the armed forces, forced it to resign on January of 1984, yielding the power to Rafael Addiego Bruno (President of the Supreme Court of Justice), who assumed the presidency provisionally. Addiego was succeceded by the pro-democratic General Hugo Medina later in March, 1984.
United American Republic
Since January 1984, the Government of Uruguay began a series of meetings with authorities from Argentina and the Falklands Islands (British Dependence), in which they analyzed the geopolitical scene after the Doomsday, the resources which they were having, and the measures to raise his economies.