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The Armed Forces of Uruguay ( Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay) consist of the National Army of Uruguay, the National Navy of Uruguay, and the Uruguayan Air Force. These three independent branches are constitutionally subordinate to the President of the Republic through the Minister of Defense.
Army General Mario Stevenazzi. The National Army of Uruguay ( Spanish: Ejército Nacional del Uruguay) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. The largest military branch, it is organized and trained to plan, execute and conduct the military actions for National Defense in the terrestrial sphere. [ 1]
t. e. The civic-military dictatorship of Uruguay (1973–85), also known as the Uruguayan Dictatorship, was an authoritarian military dictatorship that ruled Uruguay for 12 years, from June 27, 1973 (after the 1973 coup d'état) until March 1, 1985. The dictatorship has been the subject of much controversy due to its violations of human rights ...
Browning Hi-Power [2] 9×19mm. Semi-automatic pistol. Belgium. Glock 17. 9×19mm. Semi-automatic pistol. Austria. 1,400 purchased in 2015.
The Uruguayan Air Force ( Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya, abbreviated FAU) is the air service branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay. Originally created as part of the National Army of Uruguay, the Air Force was established as a separate branch on December 4, 1953. [ 1] It is the youngest and also the smallest branch of the Armed Forces of Uruguay.
Rank group. General / flag officers. Senior officers. Junior officers. Officer cadet. National Army of Uruguay (circa 1992)[ 1 ] Teniente general. General. Coronel.
María del Rosario Flores. Profession. Military. Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Armelino (26 November 1925 – 28 December 2016), also known as El Goyo, was an Uruguayan Army general who served as president of Uruguay from 1981 until 1985 and was the last surviving president of the civic-military dictatorship. [1]
Uruguayan War. The Uruguayan War [A] (10 August 1864 – 20 February 1865) was fought between Uruguay 's governing Blanco Party and an alliance consisting of the Empire of Brazil and the Uruguayan Colorado Party, covertly supported by Argentina. Since its independence, Uruguay had been ravaged by intermittent struggles between the Colorado and ...