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Residencia Presidencial de Suárez y Reyes, or simply Residencia de Suárez (Spanish for Suárez Residence), is the official residence of the president of Uruguay, so-called because it is located at the intersection of Suarez and Reyes streets, in Prado, Montevideo. To its back lies the Montevideo Botanic Garden.
Old Cédula de Identidad in 1999. Before 2015, it was known as the "Cédula de identidad" It was a laminated card measuring approximately 9 cm in width by 5 cm in height, predominantly in light green color, displaying in its center the flag of the Thirty-Three Orientals with the inscription "Libertad o muerte" On the reverse side, it featured the owner's photo, the number assigned by the D.N.I ...
The functions of the embassy were transferred to the residence of the ambassador, while the consulate was installed in the building of the Buenos Aires branch of Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay. [5] Since June 19, 2018, the embassy and consulate general have operated in their current location, in a neoclassical building built in ...
Uruguayan passport (Spanish: Pasaporte uruguayo) is an identity document issued to Uruguayan citizens to travel outside Uruguay. For traveling in Mercosur countries, as well as Chile and Bolivia, Uruguayan citizens may use their ID card..
Since voting in Uruguay is mandatory in accordance with Article 77 of the Constitution of the Republic, the civic credential serves to identify the voter before the commissions receiving votes in general, municipal and primary elections, referendums and any type of electoral process, including the elections of the Banco de Previsión Social, and the university elections of the University of ...
Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometres (68,037 sq mi). [8] It has a population of around 3.4 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter-gatherers 13,000 years ago. [13]
The original project was started in 1965 as a future Palace of Justice, but the 1973 coup d'état interrupted it. [1] By the time the military government ended in 1985, the building was too small for the Uruguayan justice system, so the project remained halted for decades until in March 2006, President Tabaré Vázquez decided to finish the building and use it as an extension of the Estévez ...
The president presides over the Council of Ministers, directing the executive branch of the national government, and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Uruguay. [ 2 ] The rights and powers of the presidency are determined in the Constitution of the Republic .