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South America > Uruguay > Government

URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Capital city Montevideo
Corruption 5.9 [33rd of 160]
Parliamentary seats > Female 7% [93rd of 143]
Procedures to enforce a contract > number 39 ... [56th of 170]
Procedures to register property > number 8 ... [42nd of 167]
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > % 11.1 % ... [111st of 174]
Start-up procedures to register a business > number 10 ... [67th of 171]
Status
democracy
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Time required to build a warehouse > days 156 days ... [105th of 168]
Time required to enforce a contract > days 655 days ... [44th of 171]
Time required to register property > days 66 days ... [63rd of 167]
Time required to start a business > days 43 days ... [65th of 171]
Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours 300 hours ... [61st of 169]
Time to resolve insolvency > years 2.1 years ... [104th of 151]
Trademarks, nonresidents 6,732 ... [12th of 99]
Trademarks, residents 4,589 ... [22nd of 98]
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
in Jan 2007, ICJ provisionally ruled Uruguay may begin construction of two paper mills on the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina, while the court examines further whether Argentina has the legal right to stop such construction with potential environmental implications to both countries; uncontested dispute with Brazil over certain islands in the Quarai/Cuareim and Invernada streams and the resulting tripoint with Argentina
UN membership date 18 Dec. 1945
United Nations mission
http://www.fe.doe.gov/international/uruguay.html
http://www.un.int/uruguay/

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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