* 1976 – Martín Sastre, Uruguayan artist

* Alejandro Stock ( b. 1965 ), Uruguayan artist

* Richard Bennett Lamas ( born 1968 ), Uruguayan former comic book artist

Joaquín Torres García ( 28 July 1874 – 8 August 1949 ), was a Uruguayan plastic artist and art theorist, also known as the founder of Constructive Universalism.

Man sculpting himself by Uruguayan artist Yandí Luzardo, inspired in the objective of Logosophy: conscious evolution of mankind.

Uruguayan constructivist artist Joaquín Torres García created several works depicting a map of South America with the southern point at the top.

* 13 February-Martin Sastre, Uruguayan media artist.

" Al otro lado del río " received the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 77th Academy Awards, becoming the first song in Spanish, the second in a foreign language to receive such an honor, and the first by a Uruguayan artist.

In the late 1950s, partly because of a decrease in demand in the world market for agricultural products, Uruguay began having economic problems, which included inflation, mass unemployment, and a steep drop in the standard of living for Uruguayan workers.

The news that people had survived the 13 October crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 had also leaked to the international press and a flood of reporters began to appear along the narrow route from Puente Negro to Termas del Flaco.

Zico began his reign by signing two new defenders, highly-touted Uruguayan international Diego Lugano, and fellow Brazilian Edu Dracena.

During the same year the writer began farming in partnership with his friend, fellow Uruguayan, Vicente Gozalbo, and was also appointed Justice of the Peace in the Civil Registry of San Ignacio.

He began teaching himself to play guitar as a child ; he studied in Rio with Uruguayan classical guitarist Isaías Sávio from the age of twelve.

Clavijo began his professional playing career at the age of 16 with Uruguayan club Atenas De San Carlos.

The Beatles were wildly popular across the world, and many Uruguayan youths began to form their own rock bands.

This was called the Uruguayan Invasion, and it continued for several years, as record labels began signing Uruguayan bands to promote in Argentina.

Gonzalo Sorondo began his career with Uruguayan club Defensor Sporting Club, moving to Internazionale in 2001.

Uruguay has won an Olympic gold medal in 1924, and another one in 1928, which were considered the most important tournaments in football, before the FIFA World Cup began in 1930, hence the four stars on the Uruguayan jersey.

A member of the Uruguayan Olympic delegation, which shared housing with the Israelis, claims that he found Nazzal actually inside 31 Connollystraße less than 24 hours before the attack, but since he was recognized as a worker in the Village, nothing was thought of it at the time.

The Uruguayan parties became associated with warring political factions in neighbouring Argentina.

Since bilateral relations with Argentina are considered a priority, Uruguay denies clearance to Falkland Islands bound British naval vessels and prevents them from calling in at Uruguayan territories and ports for supplies and fuel.

The Uruguayan parties became associated with warring political factions in neighbouring Argentina.

In 1851, the Argentinian caudillo Justo José de Urquiza turned against Rosas and signed a pact with the exiled Unitarios, the Uruguayan Colorados and Brazil against him.

The Uruguayan Chief of Police Intelligence, Alejandro Otero, told a Brazilian newspaper in 1970 that the OPS, especially the head of the OPS in Uruguay, Dan Mitrione, had instructed the Uruguayan police how to torture suspects, especially with electrical implements.

Telmex is a promising new entrant in the Uruguayan fixed wireless space, with the technology knowhow and financial backing to offer world class service and increase competition in the fixed wireless space.

* In Buenos Aires, leader Bartolomé Mitre subverts the Argentine Confederation and begins to establish a new centralist government with the help of Uruguayan Colorado party leader Venancio Flores.

Gualeguaychú in the east of Entre Ríos province is the most important Carnival city and has one of the largest parades, with a similar afro-American musical background to Brazilian or Uruguayan Carnival.

This was partly due to manager Osvaldo Bagnoli's inability to find a stable forward partnership, preferring Bergkamp in a three with Uruguayan Rubén Sosa and Italian Salvatore Schillaci.

The disqualifications, however, generally take place in the pre-nomination stage, with the exception of A Place in the World ( 1992 ), Uruguay's entry for the 65th Academy Awards, which was disqualified because of insufficient Uruguayan artistic control after having secured a nomination.

In 1979, he met Uruguayan model Alicia Muñiz, with whom he had an on-and-off relation for many years.

There is a Uruguayan and Argentinian tradition of eating gnocchi on the 29th of each month, with some people putting money beneath their plates to bring prosperity.

In 1928 FIFA, under Rimet's leadership went forward with plans for a " World Cup " which was held in Uruguay due to the nature of the professional game in South America, and in part due to the Uruguayan Football Association offering to pay all travel costs.

Rock and roll first broke into Uruguayan audiences with the arrival of British band The Beatles in the early 1960s.

There they kidnapped a militant couple of the Uruguayan political opposition, Universindo Rodriguez and Lilian Celiberti, along with her two children, Camilo and Francesca, 5 and 3 years old.

Severino Varela, Uruguayan champion with Peñarol in 1938.

After the strike decreed by the Uruguayan Mutualist of Professional Footballers in 1948 due to which the Uruguayan championship was suspended, in 1949 Peñarol got a new crown, with a 4-point lead over Nacional, Óscar Míguez being the league's topscorer.

Peñarol fell 0 – 3, with the consolation being obtaining the Uruguayan championship again, which earned the club its first five consecutive years ( 1958 – 1962 ), which would befall again from 1993 – 97.

In the second half of the year, Peñarol repeated the win of the Uruguayan championship, again with Morena as scorer with 17 goals, and won for the third time in its history the Intercontinental Cup, against Aston Villa F. C.

In 1984 and 1986, the club rose up again with the Uruguayan championship, being the last of these conquests particularly unique, since the club's economic problems did not allow the team to play the first match of this year, losing points accordingly.

Chilavert had just won the Uruguayan league with Peñarol when he initially retired.

The dictator of nearby Paraguay, Francisco Solano López, took advantage of the Uruguayan situation in late 1864 by attempting to establish his nation as a regional power.

Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez with the late Argentine President Néstor Kirchner

In late October 1845, 1000 or so of Giuseppe Garibaldi's Italian and Uruguayan troops had advanced up the Uruguay River and taken Gualeguaychú in Argentina and then seized Salto, remaining there was several months plotting against Justo José de Urquiza, Cesar Diaz and Servando Gomez.

With classy players as Peruvian all-time great Germán Leguía, fellow countryman and international Juan Martín Caballero, Uruguayan playmaker Rodolfo Abalde and leading Ecuadorian players as Geovanny Mera, Jorge Alvear, Angel Buenaño, Juan Carlos Suárez, Ricardo Porras and Milton Rodríguez ; the team became serious title contenders in the late 1980s and, although never becoming champions, they were recognized as a great national footballing side that would several times maul the country's greatest teams including Barcelona and Liga, and classic rivals, Técnico Universitario.

In late June 2007, López signed for Villarreal CF for a reported fee of € 6 million, and started the season as second-choice to Uruguayan Sebastián Viera but, after a string of fine performances ( he played in the domestic and UEFA Cups ), he was awarded first-team action, finishing the season with 20 appearances.