Uruguay GOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURE
Figure 9. Government Structure, 1990
President Lacalle
Courtesy Embassy of Uruguay, Washington
18th of July Avenue in downtown Montevideo
Courtesy Inter-American Development Bank
Uruguay was a republic with three separate branches of
government
(see
fig. 9). The 1967 constitution
institutionalized
a strong presidency, subject to legislative and judicial
checks.
The electorate exercised sovereignty directly through
elections,
initiatives, or referendums and indirectly through
representative
powers established by the constitution.
Data as of December 1990
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