Uruguay is a small nation with its three million citizens: the majority of which are of European descent, are economically better off than their neighbors in other countries, and are living in or around the urban area of Montevideo.
The citizens of Uruguay were not persuaded by these effort s, however, and in the mid-1980s a cooperative group of influential government officials and prominent political party members negotiated a return to a system resembling that outlined by the 1967 constitution (Area Handbook 1991).
The election of José Batlle, the descendant of José Batlle y Ordonez who is considered one of the fathers of the country, manifests the continuance of a family dynasty.
Politics of Uruguay takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Uruguay is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
The elections of 2004, however, brought the Encuentro Progresista-Frente Amplio-Nueva Mayoría, a coalition of socialists,former Tupamaros, communists and social democrats among others to power with majorities in both houses of parliament and the election of President Tabaré Vázquez Rosas by majority vote.
Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of a three year war in which Argentina and Uruguay acted as a regional federation.
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