uruguay

By Ethan wallin
  • 2002 BCE

    2002

    2002
    Uruguay breaks diplomatic ties with Cuba, after Cuba accuses it of being a US lackey for sponsoring a UN resolution which calls on Havana to implement human rights reforms.
  • 1994 BCE

    1994

    1994
    Julio Maria Sanguinetti elected president.
  • 1985 BCE

    1985

    1985
    Army and political leaders agree on return to constitutional government and the release of political prisoners; law grants amnesty to members of the armed forces accused of human rights violations during years of dictatorship; Julio Maria Sanguinetti becomes president.
  • 1971 BCE

    1971

    1971
    British ambassador to Uruguay Geoffrey Jackson kidnapped by Tupamaros guerrillas and held for eight months. He is freed shortly after a mass jail break-out by Tupamaros convicts which officials deny was arranged in exchange for Jackson's release.
  • 1951 BCE

    1951

    1951
    President replaced with nine-member council in accordance with new constitution.
  • 1903 BCE

    1903-15

    1903-15
    Reformist Jose Batlle y Ordonez (Colorado Party) gives women the franchise and establishes a welfare state, disestablishes the church and abolishes the death penalty during two successive terms as president.
  • 1838 BCE

    1838-65

    1838-65
    Civil war between Blancos, or Whites - the future conservative party - and Colorados, or Reds - the future liberals.
  • 1826 BCE

    1828

    1828
    Brazil, Argentina renounce claims to territories which become the Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
  • 1726 BCE

    1726

    1726
    Spanish found Montevideo and take over Uruguay from the Portuguese; many of the indigenous people are killed.

  • 1973

    1973
    Armed forces seize power and promise to encourage foreign investment, but usher in a period of extreme repression during which Uruguay becomes known as "the torture chamber of Latin America" and accumulates the largest number of political prisoners per capita in the world.