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- ...that rugby union in Uruguay is a major sport, and that they have qualified for the Rugby World Cup?
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- ...that Uruguay is a major importer/exporter of Software in South America?
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- ...that Uruguay is the most politically and economically stable country in Latin America?
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- ...that the Human Resources consulting has declared Montevideo one of the cities with the highest quality of life?
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- ...that Colonia del Sacramento is designated as a World Heritage Site?
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- ...that Uruguay was ranked an all-time high 3rd in the FIFA rankings after finishing 4th in the 2010 world cup while Diego Forlan claimed golden ball for the best player in the tournament? They repeated their success by winning the Copa America the following year in 2011, beating hosts Argentina in the quarter-finals and then going on to win the finals against Paraguay.
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- ...that Uruguay hosted the first ever FIFA World Cup in 1930, which they won after beating Argentina in the finals 4-2.
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- ...that the Uruguayan Invasion was a musical phenomenon of the 1960s distinctly similar to the British Invasion, with rock bands from Uruguay rapidly gaining popularity in Argentina?
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- ...that Uruguayan footballer Víctor Rodríguez Andrade helped found Uruguayan Basketball Federation team 25 de Agosto?
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- ... that the Shannon Irish pub in Montevideo often features performances by the Celtic band Grianan, which is led by Conrad O'Neill, a fourth-generation Irish Uruguayan?
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- ... that Uruguayan patriots made the Cry of Asencio and captured the villages of Mercedes and Santo Domingo de Soriano in a single day?
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- ... that one outpost of Uruguay's Fuerte San Miguel (pictured) has a wall and small window that appears like a cave or an animal burrow?
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- ... that swarms of dykes have intruded into Uruguay?
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- ...that the Uruguayan Civil War was a series of armed conflicts between the Colorados and the Blancos from 1839 to 1851?
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- ... that Uruguayan footballer Vladas Douksas' father was a Lithuanian shopkeeper?
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- ... that in 1951 the director of the Uruguayan communist daily Verdad was demoted by the party leadership?
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- ... that singer-songwriter Jorge Drexler was the first Academy Award winner from Uruguay?
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- ... that both Miguel Laurencena and his son, Eduardo, served as governor of Uruguay's Entre Ríos Province?
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- ... that Colonel Lorenzo Latorre resigned as President of Uruguay in 1880, declaring the country "ungovernable"?
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- ... that Virginia Bolten was deported from Argentina to Uruguay in 1902 because of her anarchist activities?
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- ... that Antonio Frasconi spent ten years creating an artwork that shows the people who disappeared during the dictatorships in Uruguay?
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- ... that there was intense volcanic activity in Uruguay during the Cretaceous period about 130 million years ago?
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- ... that Uruguay is known as the "Switzerland of the Americas" from its adoption of Swiss-based banking laws?