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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Aerop_16809.jpg/300px-Aerop_16809.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Aerop_16809.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Departure terminal of <a href="/wiki/Carrasco_International_Airport" title="Carrasco International Airport">Carrasco International Airport</a>, one of the main departure points of Uruguayan emigrants.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Emigration from Uruguay</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Human_migration" title="Human migration">migratory</a> phenomenon that has been taking place in <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> since the early 20th century. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Successive <a href="/wiki/Economic_crises" class="mw-redirect" title="Economic crises">economic crises</a> (notably in 1982 and <a href="/wiki/2002_Uruguay_banking_crisis" title="2002 Uruguay banking crisis">2002</a>), plus the small size of the country's <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Uruguay" title="Economy of Uruguay">economy</a> and population, were decisive factors that pushed thousands of Uruguayans out of their country of birth; <a href="/wiki/Economic_migrant" title="Economic migrant">economic migrants</a> traveled primarily to other Spanish-speaking countries with bigger economies.<sup id="cite_ref-desconocida_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desconocida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Uruguay has a relatively well-developed educational system and free access to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="University of the Republic">University of the Republic</a>, many Uruguayan professional graduates and scholars found their country too small to achieve their own goals, which resulted in a <a href="/wiki/Brain_drain" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain drain">brain drain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-desconocida_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desconocida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Civic-military_dictatorship_of_Uruguay" title="Civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay">12-year-long military dictatorship</a> that ruled from 1973 to 1985 also forced many Uruguayans to go into <a href="/wiki/Exile" title="Exile">exile</a> due to ideological differences and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Condor" title="Operation Condor">political persecution</a>, in the context of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-desconocida_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desconocida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Destinations">Destinations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Uruguay&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Destinations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main receptors of Uruguayan emigration are: <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Argentina" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayans in Argentina">Argentina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Brazilian" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan Brazilian">Brazil</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan American">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan Canadian">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Australian" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan Australian">Australia</a>; in Europe: <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Spain" title="Uruguayans in Spain">Spain</a> (over 40,000 as of 2011),<sup id="cite_ref-desconocida_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desconocida-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Italy" title="Uruguayans in Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_France" title="Uruguayans in France">France</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Uruguayans_in_Portugal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Uruguayans in Portugal (page does not exist)">Portugal</a>. During the military dictatorship, some <a href="/wiki/Exile" title="Exile">exiled</a> Uruguayans migrated to <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Mexico" title="Uruguayans in Mexico">Mexico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Venezuela" title="Uruguayans in Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uruguayans_in_Sweden" title="Uruguayans in Sweden">Sweden</a>, Germany, etc. Further, a significant number of <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Uruguayan Jews">Uruguayan Jews</a> (almost 10,000) emigrated to <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> between 1950 and 2000 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Aliyah" title="Aliyah">Aliyah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recent estimates put the emigration figures at over 500,000.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Articulation">Articulation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Uruguay&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Articulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the beginning of the 21st century, <i><b>Departamento 20</b></i> ("Twentieth Department", in allusion to the 19 <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Uruguay" title="Departments of Uruguay">Departments</a> into which the Uruguayan territory is divided) was created, an instance of coordination and articulation for Uruguayans living abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Consultative Councils (<a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>: <i lang="es">Consejos Consultivos</i>) are representative organizations of Uruguayans living abroad whose central role is linking them with the country in several forms; they were established by Law No. 18250 of January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They can be found in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, USA, and Venezuela.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of November 2013, the Uruguayan government plans to implement a project to link qualified Uruguayan émigrés with technological sectors in Uruguay, especially in <a href="/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">biotechnology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Information_technology" title="Information technology">information technology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Renewable_energies" class="mw-redirect" title="Renewable energies">renewable energies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Uruguayan_emigrants">Notable Uruguayan emigrants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Uruguay&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable Uruguayan emigrants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many talented Uruguayans have succeeded on the international stage: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Aragone" title="Carlos Aragone">Carlos Aragone</a> (Montevideo, 1937 – Caracas, 1994), physicist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Drexler" title="Jorge Drexler">Jorge Drexler</a> (born 1964 in Montevideo), musician, 2004 <a href="/wiki/Best_Song_Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Song Academy Award">Best Song Academy Award</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Al_otro_lado_del_r%C3%ADo" title="Al otro lado del río">Al otro lado del río</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernando_Espuelas" title="Fernando Espuelas">Fernando Espuelas</a> (born 1967 in Montevideo), American entrepreneur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elio_Garc%C3%ADa-Austt" title="Elio García-Austt">Elio García-Austt</a> (Montevideo, 1919 - 2005), physician and neuroscientist, active in Chile and Spain</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Holebas" title="José Holebas">José Holebas</a> (born 1984 in <a href="/wiki/Aschaffenburg" title="Aschaffenburg">Aschaffenburg</a>), Greek international footballer of Uruguayan descent through his mother.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elli_Medeiros" title="Elli Medeiros">Elli Medeiros</a> (born 1956 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan-French singer and actress.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natalia_Oreiro" title="Natalia Oreiro">Natalia Oreiro</a> (born 1977 in Montevideo), film and telenovela actress and singer, active in Argentina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Ott" title="Carlos Ott">Carlos Ott</a> (born 1946 in Montevideo), architect established in Canada, author of the <a href="/wiki/Op%C3%A9ra_Bastille" title="Opéra Bastille">Opéra Bastille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81ngel_Rama" title="Ángel Rama">Ángel Rama</a> (Montevideo, 1926 – Madrid, 1983), writer, academic, literary critic, known for his theorization of the concept of <a href="/wiki/Transculturation" title="Transculturation">transculturation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emir_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Monegal" title="Emir Rodríguez Monegal">Emir Rodríguez Monegal</a> (Melo, 1921 – New Haven, 1985), was a scholar, literary critic, and professor of Latin American contemporary literature at <a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jules_Supervielle" title="Jules Supervielle">Jules 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href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Cuba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Cuba (page does not exist)">Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Dominica&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Dominica (page does not exist)">Dominica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_the_Dominican_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Emigration from the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Ecuador" title="Emigration from Ecuador">Ecuador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_El_Salvador&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from El Salvador (page does not exist)">El Salvador</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Grenada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Grenada (page does not exist)">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Guatemala" class="mw-redirect" title="Emigration from Guatemala">Guatemala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Guyana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Guyana (page does not exist)">Guyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Haiti" class="mw-redirect" title="Emigration from Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Honduras&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Honduras (page does not exist)">Honduras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Jamaica" class="mw-redirect" title="Emigration from Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Mexico" title="Emigration from Mexico">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emigration_from_Nicaragua" class="mw-redirect" title="Emigration from Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Panama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Panama (page does not exist)">Panama</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Paraguay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Paraguay (page does not exist)">Paraguay</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Peru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Peru (page does not exist)">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Saint Kitts and Nevis (page does not exist)">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Saint_Lucia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Saint Lucia (page does not exist)">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emigration_from_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emigration from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (page does not exist)">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a 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