November 1994 (next to be held NA November 1999); results - Colorado
36%, Blanco 34 %, Encuentro Progresista 27%, New Sector 3%; seats -
(30 total) Colorado 11, Blanco 10, Encuentro Progresista 8, New Sector
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Chamber of Representatives (Camera de Representantes): elections last
held 27 November 1994 (next to be held NA November 1999); results -
Colorado 32%, Blanco 31%, Encuentro Progresista 31%, New Sector 5%;
seats - (99 total) Colorado 32, Blanco 31, Encuentro Progresista 31,
New Sector 5
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leaders: National (Blanco) Party; Colorado
Party, Jorge BATLLE; Broad Front Coalition, Gen. Liber SEREGNI
Mosquera; New Sector Coalition, Hugo BATALLA; Encuentro Progresista
Member of: AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, GATT, IADB,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO,
INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, MERCOSUR, NAM
(observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO,
UNIKOM, UNMOGIP, UNOMIL, UNOMOZ, UPU, WCL, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Eduardo MACGILLYCUDDY
chancery: 1918 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
telephone: [1] (202) 331-1313 through 1316
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, Miami, and New York
consulate(s): New Orleans
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Thomas J. DODD
embassy: Lauro Muller 1776, Montevideo
mailing address: APO AA 34035
telephone: [598] (2) 23 60 61, 48 77 77
FAX: [598] (2) 48 86 11
Flag: nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom)
alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper hoist-side
corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known as the Sun of May
and 16 rays alternately triangular and wavy
@Uruguay:Economy
Overview: Uruguay's economy is a small one with favorable climate,
good soils, and substantial hydropower potential. Economic development
has been restrained in recent years by excessive government regulation
of economic detail and 40% to 130% inflation. Although the GDP growth
rate slowed in 1993 to 1.7%, following a healthy expansion to 7.5% in
1992, it rebounded in 1994 to an estimated 4%, spurred mostly by
increasing agricultural and other exports and a surprise reversal of
the downward trend in industrial production. In a major step toward
regional economic cooperation, Uruguay confirmed its commitme
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