Constitution of Uruguay
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The Constitution of Uruguay is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last amendment was made in 2002. A new amendment is in talks as of April 2007.
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[edit] History
Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of the three-year-long Argentina-Brazil War in which Argentina and Uruguay acted as a regional federation: the United Provinces of Río de la Plata. Sponsored by the United Kingdom, the 1828 Treaty of Montevideo built the foundations for a Uruguayan state and constitution. Attempts to reform the 1830 constitution in 1966 led to the adoption of an entirely new document in 1967. A constitution proposed under a military revolution in 1980 was rejected.
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[edit] Original Constitution (1830 - 1918)
[edit] Second Constitution (1918 - 1933)
[edit] Third Constitution (1933 - 1942)
[edit] Fourth Constitution (1942 - 1951)
[edit] Fifth Constitution (1951 - 1967)
[edit] Sixth Constitution (1967 - 1997)
[edit] Current (1997 - present)
This is the current version of the Uruguayan Constitution. Although its last major change was made in 1997, it has been slightly modified ever since.
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