Elio Rodríguez (born November 13, 1962 in Rocha, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan footballer currently played for clubs of Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.
Italians form a majority of the population of Argentina and neighbouring Uruguay as up to two-third have some Italian background; among the Latin American countries, only Brazil has more people of Italian descent (28 million, approximately 15 percent of Brazil's total population).
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Italians became firmly established throughout Argentina, but the greatest concentrations are in the City of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires Province, Santa Fe Province, Entre Rios Province, Córdoba Province, Tucumán Province, La Pampa Province and, in the nearby country of Uruguay.
Later, he moved to Maldonado, Uruguay, arriving with a lot of money from the Canary island.
Gastón Brugman Duarte (born 7 September 1992 in Rosario), is a Uruguayan football striker who currently plays for Italian Serie B side Pescara.
Jorge Daniel Casanova (born July 26, 1976 in Sauce, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Bella Vista of the Primera Division in Uruguay.
There is also a town in Lavalleja Department named after him.
Juan Francisco Ferreri Samuel (born 30 July 1970 in Florida) commonly known as Juan Ferreri, is a former Uruguayan footballer who used to play as a midfielder and now is assistant coach of Jorge Giordano in Racing.
Juan Francisco de Larrobla Pereyra (Montevideo, 9 January 1775 - Canelones, 5 July 1842) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric, theologian and patriot.
Born in Mercedes, Silva finished his youth formation in Danubio FC's youth category, making his professional debut on 13 September 2009, against Liverpool FC.
Ruben Martín Colombo Rivero (born 12 April 1985 in Mercedes, Soriano) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a striker for A.S.D. Città di Marino Calcio in the Serie D.
From 1913 to 1914, about 2,000 followers under the leadership of Lubkov immigrated to Uruguay and established a farming town San Javier, Uruguay.
The name "Playa Portezuelo", is sometimes given to describe all the long streach of the beach up to Punta Negra.
Román Marcelo Cuello Arizmendi (born April 4, 1977 in Santa Lucía, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Club Atlético Boston River of the Uruguayan Segunda División.
Ruben Wálter Paz Márquez (born August 8, 1959 in Artigas) is a former Uruguayan football midfield player, who retired in 2006 at the age of 47.
Rubén Carlos Planchón Faureau (born August 4, 1982 in Dolores), commonly known as Rubén Planchón, is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a defender for C.A. Rentistas in the Uruguayan Primera División.
Santiago Javier Ostolaza Sosa (born July 10, 1962 in Dolores, Soriano) is an Uruguayan former football midfielder and current manager.
Sebastián Vázquez (born November 4, 1980 in San Ramón, Uruguay) is an Uruguayan football midfielder who currently plays for Rentistas.
Simón Vanderhoeght Santos (born 5 June 1986 in Maldonado) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Atenas De San Carlos in the Uruguayan Segunda División.
They were followed in 1858 by about a hundred more, when the whole party settled at Florida, about sixty miles from the city.
The title may contain a spelling error: it is unclear whether saurez is an attempt at spelling soirée, the French word for an evening party, or whether it refers to "Suárez", a wine-producing small town and region in Canelones, Uruguay.
In March 2004, in the 37th South American Swimming Championships in Maldonado, Pereira won the gold medal in the 200-meter individual medley, beating the South American record with a time of 2:00.19 and earning an "A" designation in Brazil's Olympic classification.
Venancio Ariel Ramos Villanueva (born June 20, 1959 in Artigas) is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Chicharra" during his professional career.
Born in Florida, Gassire began playing football with the youth teams of C.A. Peñarol.
William Adrián Castro Rosso (born 22 May 1962 in Mercedes) is a former Uruguayan footballer.
William Ferreira Martínez (born on February 25, 1983 in Artigas) is a Uruguayan football striker.
Wilmar Rubens Cabrera Sappa (born July 31, 1959 in Cerrillos, Uruguay) is a retired football striker from Uruguay, who was nicknamed "Toro".
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According to Guinness World Records, the biggest alfajor in the world, measuring almost two meters in diameter and 80 centimeters in height and weighing 464 kilograms, was made on 11 December 2010 in Minas, Lavalleja Department, Uruguay.
He played two games at the 1999 Rugby World Cup, scoring 5 penalties, all the entire 15 points score in the 27-15 loss to Uruguay.
On August 25, 1897 Arredondo assassinated Idiarte in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo as he emerged from a church service.
Cebollati river is a Uruguayan river that rises in Cuchilla Grande (Big Ridge), flows southwest to northeast and forms a border between Treinta y Tres and Rocha.
On May 11, 2008 he was released from Wuhan Guanggu and spent the second half of 2008 with Defensor Sporting of Uruguay.
César Javier Vega Perrone (born September 2, 1959 in Montevideo) is a retired football defender from Uruguay.
Born in the small town of Dom Pedrito in Rio Grande do Sul on the border with Uruguay, Coutinho moved to Rio de Janeiro when he was four years old.
Many cities in Latin America, such as Buenos Aires, Argentina; Zacatecas and Guanajuato, in Mexico; Old San Juan, Puerto Rico and Montevideo, Uruguay, richly influenced by many European architectural features, are well known for their many cobblestone streets, which are still operational and in good condition.
The Uruguay Department produces 47% of the nation's poultry, and Concepción del Uruguay together with Gualeguay and Colón make up 85% of Argentine chicken exports.
Dendropsophus nanus, a frog species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay
By way of contributing to Uruguayan regional cultural identity, Echeverría is the author of the anthem 'Flores Hymn' (Spanish: 'Himno a Flores').
The first wind farm in Uruguay, the 10 MW Nuevo Manantial project in Rocha, which will sell the electricity generated to UTE, started operations in October 2008.
Fabián Alberto O'Neill Domínguez (born 14 October 1973 in Paso de los Toros) is an Uruguayan former football midfielder.
Facundo Julián Píriz González (born March 27, 1990 in Tarariras, Uruguay), commonly known as Facundo Píriz, is a Uruguayan football player who plays as a Defensive midfielder for Terek Grozny.
The freckled catshark, Scyliorhinus haeckelii, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found on the continental shelf and upper slope from the western Atlantic from western Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, and Uruguay between latitudes 11° N and 32° S.
These services have had successful outcomes in the most developed countries and are installed in Buenos Aires and Montevideo (Uruguay).
Gerardo Cono Pelusso Boyrie (born February 25, 1954 in Florida), is a Uruguayan football manager.
Héctor Vilches (born 14 February 1926) is a former Uruguayan footballer, who played for C.A. Cerro.
Jorge Hernán Menosse Acosta (born 28 April 1987) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Recreativo de Huelva, on loan from Montevideo Wanderers F.C., as a central defender.
Jardines de Mater Terra is a private cemetery in Ciudad del Plata, San José Department, Uruguay.
In 2002, after Uruguay was hit by the Argentine economic crisis, an off-the-record conversation between president Batlle and a journalist from Bloomberg Argentina was recorded by a hidden camera from that channel.
In the 2007 edition held in his country, he helped the national team finish first in the group stage, and scored in the quarterfinals against Uruguay, but in a 1–4 defeat.
Juan Ramón Curbelo Garis (born 2 May 1979 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer currently playing for Cerro.
Lago Merín is a village and resort on the coast of Lake Merín, in the Cerro Largo Department of Uruguay.
Among the notable cases he has handled are:Lane v. Owens, in which he ruled that the State of Colorado could not permissibly compel recitation of the pledge of allegiance; Golan v. Gonzales, in which he held that the copyright provisions of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act did not violate the United States Constitution; and the litigation arising out of the Columbine High School massacre.
It runs between Puerto Unzué, near Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina, and Fray Bentos, Río Negro Department, Uruguay, with a total length of 5,966 meters (3.7 mi) (4,220 meters (13,845 ft) in Argentine jurisdiction and 1,146 meters (3,760 ft) in Uruguayan territory).
The genus contains a single species Lorentziella imbricatum known from central Texas, Mexico, and South America (Argentina, Paraguay, & Uruguay).
Margarita Xirgu, also Margarida Xirgu (18 June 1888, Molins de Rei, (Catalonia, Spain) – 25 April 1969, Montevideo, (Uruguay)) was a Catalan stage actress, who was greatly popular throughout her country and Latin America.
In September 2013, he left Uruguay for Italian side Bari and just a four-month later, returned back to play for Defensor Sporting.
Mauricio Espinosa was born on 6 May 1972 and lives in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo.
Miguel Angel Bossio Bastianini (born February 10, 1960 in Montevideo) is a retired football midfielder from Uruguay, who obtained a total number of thirty international caps for his national team.
1980 Mundialito, international football tournament held in 1980 in Uruguay
The plural of Murga, a form of musical theater performed in Uruguay and in Argentina during the Carnival season
She has also given concerts in Russia, Belgium, Switzerland (in Bulle, at Saint-Pierre des des Liens) where she has a recorded a CD, in Finland, at Kiev (Ukraine in 2003 with Dominique de Williencourt and in November 2008 at the Organ Hall), in North America (New York on 1 November 1998, at the Armenian Evangelical Church of New York, in Montreal and in South America in 1997, along with Olivier Latry (Argentina, Uruguay at the Festival Internacional del Uruguay Órgano,.
Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed Pelado Acosta (Bald Acosta), (born 12 June 1944 in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan footballer.
In 2008 Bertolo was loaned to Uruguayan club Nacional where he scored 3 goals in 15 appearances and in July 2008 he joined Banfield.
Carrera started his career at LDU Quito at the age of 15 in 1960, where he stayed until transferred to Peñarol of Uruguay in 1968.
Some of the titles included Firpo-Dempsey (1923) on the boxing match between American heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and Argentinian champion Luis Firpo, Uruguayos Forever (1924) on Uruguay's Olympic gold medal in soccer, and Humberto de garufa (Little Umberto's Folic, 1924), on the visit of Italian Prince Umberto of Savoy to Buenos Aires.
He was one of the few tangueros to play in a cafe in Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires and he was the first person to play the tango La Cumparsita in the cafe La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay.
After playing in New Orleans, he traveled to Uruguay and was hired by the Bella Vista.
Rudi Pablo Lausarot Bobenrieth (born 3 April 1975 in Young) is a Uruguayan 10 m Air Rifle sport shooter.
San José de Carrasco is a residential neighbourhood and resort of Ciudad de la Costa in Canelones, Uruguay.
It is located along the border with the city of Rivera, Uruguay, which helps form an international city of 200,000 inhabitants.
Sebastián César Helios Ribas Barbato (born 11 March 1988 in Montevideo) is an Uruguayan footballer who plays as a forward for Barcelona Sporting Club on loan from Serie A club Genoa.
The story is based by Costa Gavras on an actual incident in Uruguay in 1970 when U.S. Embassy official Dan Mitrione was kidnapped and killed.
Thomas J. Dodd, Jr. (born 1935), former United States Ambassador to Uruguay and to Costa Rica
He traveled to Montevideo, Uruguay where he remained until 1949 when he was allowed back into Buenos Aires for a time.
Caprile began his career in Uruguay playing for Cerro and played for several seasons in the Primera División Uruguaya, before moving to clubs in Honduras and Guatemala.