| URUGUAYAN GOVERNMENT STATS: |
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Capital city
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Montevideo |
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Corruption
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5.9 |
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[33rd of 160]
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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7% |
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[93rd of 143]
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Procedures to enforce a contract > number
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39
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[56th of 170]
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Procedures to register property > number
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8
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[42nd of 167]
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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11.1 %
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[111st of 174]
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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10
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[67th of 171]
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Status democracy |
Suffrage 18 years of age; universal and compulsory |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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156 days
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[105th of 168]
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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655 days
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[44th of 171]
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Time required to register property > days
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66 days
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[63rd of 167]
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Time required to start a business > days
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43 days
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[65th of 171]
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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300 hours
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[61st of 169]
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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2.1 years
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[104th of 151]
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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6,732
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[12th of 99]
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Trademarks, residents
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4,589
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[22nd of 98]
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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 |
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UN membership date
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18 Dec. 1945 |
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United Nations mission http://www.fe.doe.gov/international/uruguay.html http://www.un.int/uruguay/ |