t.)

_#_Organized labor: Interunion Workers' Assembly/National Workers'
Confederation (PIT/CNT) Labor Federation

_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay

_#_Type: republic

_#_Capital: Montevideo

_#_Administrative divisions: 19 departments (departamentos,
singular--departamento); Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia,
Durazno, Flores, Florida, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu,
Rio Negro, Rivera, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo,
Treinta y Tres

_#_Independence: 25 August 1828 (from Brazil)

_#_Constitution: 27 November 1966, effective February 1967, suspended
27 June 1973, new constitution rejected by referendum 30 November 1980

_#_Legal system: based on Spanish civil law system; accepts compulsory
ICJ jurisdiction

_#_National holiday: Independence Day, 25 August (1828)

_#_Executive branch: president, vice president, Council of Ministers
(cabinet)

_#_Legislative branch: bicameral General Assembly (Asamblea General)
consists of an upper chamber or Chamber of Senators (Camara de
Senadores) and a lower chamber or Chamber of Representatives (Camera de
Representantes)

_#_Judicial branch: Supreme Court

_#_Leaders:

Chief of State and Head of Government--President Luis Alberto
LACALLE (since 1 March 1990); Vice President Gonzalo AGUIRRE (since
1 March 1990)

_#_Political parties and leaders:
National (Blanco) Party, Luis Alberto LACALLE Herrera;
Colorado Party, Jorge BATLLE Ibanez;
Broad Front Coalition, Liber SEREGNI Mosquera--includes Communist Party
led by Jaime PEREZ
and National Liberation Movement (MLN) or Tupamaros led by Eleuterio
FERNANDEZ Huidobro;
New Space Coalition consists of the Party of the Government
of the People (PGP), Hugo BATALLA;
Christian Democratic Party (PDC), Hector LESCANO;
and Civic Union, Humberto CIGANDA

_#_Suffrage: universal and compulsory at age 18

_#_Elections:

President--last held 26 November 1989 (next to be held November
1994);
results--Luis Alberto LACALLE Herrera (Blanco) 37%, Jorge BATLLE
Ibanez (Colorado) 29%, Liber SEREGNI Mosquera (Broad Front) 20%;

Chamber of Senators--last held 26 November 1989 (next to be held
November 1994);
results--Blanco 40%, Colorado 30%, Broad Front 23% New Space 7%;
seats--(30 total) Blanco 12, Colorado 9, Broad Front 7, New Space 2;

Chamber of Representatives--last held NA November 1989 (next to
be held November 1994);
results--Blanc