o 39%, Colorado 30%, Broad Front 22%, New Space 8%, other
1%;
seats--(99 total) number of seats by party NA

_#_Communists: 50,000

_#_Member of: AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, GATT, IADB,
IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC,
IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, NAM
(observer), OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIIMOG,
UNMOGIP, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO

_#_Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Eduardo MACGILLICUDDEY;
Chancery at 1918 F Street NW, Washington DC 20006; telephone (202)
331-1313 through 1316; there are Uruguayan Consulates General in Los
Angeles, Miami, and New York, and a Consulate in New Orleans;

US--Ambassador Richard C. BROWN; Embassy at Lauro Muller 1776,
Montevideo (mailing address is APO Miami 34035); telephone [598] (2)
23-60-61

_#_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

_*_Economy
_#_Overview: The economy is slowly recovering from the deep recession
of the early 1980s. In 1988 real GDP grew by only 0.5% and in 1989 by
1.5%. The recovery was led by growth in the agriculture and fishing
sectors, agriculture alone contributing 20% to GDP, employing about 11%
of the labor force, and generating a large proportion of export earnings.
Raising livestock, particularly cattle and sheep, is the major
agricultural activity. In 1990, despite healthy exports and an improved
current account, domestic growth remained weak because of government
concentration on the external sector, adverse weather conditions, and
prolonged strikes. Bringing down high inflation, reducing a large fiscal
deficit, and avoiding frequent strikes remain major economic problems
for the government.

_#_GDP: $9.2 billion, per capita $2,970; real growth rate 1%
(1990 est.)

_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 129% (1990)

_#_Unemployment rate: 8.8% (1990 est.)

_#_Budget: revenues $1.2 billion; expenditures $1.4 billion,
including capital expenditures of $165 million (1988)

_#_Exports: $1.7 billion (f.o.b., 1990);

commodities--hides and leather goods 17%, beef 10%, wool 9%,
fish 7%, rice 4%;

partners--Brazil 17%, US 15%, FRG 10%, Argentina 10% (1987)

_#_Imports: $1.28 billion (f.o.b., 1990);

commodities-