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    Rivera (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈβeɾa]) is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana...
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    José Fructuoso Rivera y Toscana (17 October 1784 – 13 January 1854) was a Uruguayan general and patriot who fought for the liberation of Banda Oriental...
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    Fructuoso Rivera, who on November 6, 1830, was chosen as the first President of Uruguay. In June 1832 Lavalleja's supporters attempted to kill Rivera and on...
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    Ronald Araújo (category Footballers from Rivera Department)
    a Uruguayan father and a Brazilian mother in Rivera, a city near the Brazilian border, Araújo joined Rentistas from hometown club Huracán de Rivera. He...
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  • Chapeu International Airport, is an airport serving both the cities of Rivera, Uruguay, and Santana do Livramento, Brazil. The airport was opened on June...
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    Fructuoso Rivera, who held the office twice and once as part of the Triumvirate that ruled the country from 1853 to 1854. Most of the presidents of Uruguay have...
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    Uruguay (/ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ/ YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country...
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    Santana do Livramento (category Brazil–Uruguay border crossings)
    Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located along the border with the city of Rivera, Uruguay, forming together an international city of almost 170,000 inhabitants...
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  • The Uruguay national football team (Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Uruguay), nicknamed La Celeste ("The Sky Blue"), have represented Uruguay in international...
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    is spoken in north-eastern Uruguay, near the Brazilian border, mainly in the region of the twin cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brazil)...
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  • Rivera Department (Spanish pronunciation: [riˈβeɾa]) is a department of the northern region of Uruguay. It has an area of 9,370 km2 (3,620 sq mi) and a...
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    Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera (category Buildings and structures in Rivera Department)
    Estadio Atilio Paiva Olivera is a multi-use stadium in Rivera, Uruguay. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 27,135 people...
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    Britain, where he died in 1877. Uruguay attained independence from Brazil and Argentina and was ruled by Fructuoso Rivera. In Paraguay, José Gaspar Rodríguez...
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    popularly known as La Inmaculada, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Rivera, Uruguay. The original parish was established in 1884 by bishop Inocencio María...
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  • Rivera HVDC Back-to-back station is the first HVDC Back-to-back station situated south of Rivera, Uruguay at 30°56′29″S 55°33′34″W / 30.94139°S 55.55944°W...
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    Peace Border (category Borders of Uruguay)
    la Paz) is a portion of the Brazilian-Uruguayan land border, that includes the twin cities of Rivera (Uruguay) and Santana do Livramento (Brazil). The...
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  • María Helena García Brunel (category People from Rivera Department)
    María Helena García Brunel (Rivera, Uruguay, April 9, 1917 - Florida, Uruguay, July 25, 1996) was an Uruguayan painter also known as Helena Brunel. She...
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  • Emiliano Gómez Dutra (born 18 September 2001) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a forward for Mexican club Puebla on loan from Boston...
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    destination lists: South America#Uruguay "Uruguay y Brasil declararon binacional al aeropuerto de Rivera". Uruguay Presidencia (in Spanish). 14 August...
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    Donna Shea, better known as Scarlet Rivera is an American violinist. She is best known for her work with Bob Dylan, in particular on his 1976 album Desire...
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  • Masoller (category Populated places in the Rivera Department)
    Masoller is a village or populated centre of the Rivera Department in northern Uruguay, next to the de facto border with Brazil, in an area where that...
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    1932 it played its first international match in Rivera (Uruguay). In 1949, the match against Uruguay's Nacional ended in a 3–1 win for Grêmio and the players...
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    Gobierno de la Defensa (category Colorado Party (Uruguay))
    It was led by Joaquín Suárez, while the army was led by Fructuoso Rivera. Uruguay was experiencing the Guerra Grande, between the two traditional parties...
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    Alan Saldivia (category Footballers from Rivera Department)
    is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean Primera División club Colo-Colo. Saldivia was born in 2002 in Rivera, Uruguay...
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  • Magali Herrera (category People from Rivera Department)
    Utopias, for which she is known. Magali Herrera was born in 1914 in Rivera, Uruguay to a notable local family. She was an autodidact who worked in a variety...
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    Mexico and draws with Bolivia (1–1) and Argentina (1–1), Colombia defeated Uruguay 1–1 (5–3 on penalties) before losing 0–0 (6–5 on penalties) to Argentina...
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  • when most of the Charrúa men were killed by the Uruguayan army on the orders of President Fructuoso Rivera. The remaining 300 Charrúa women and children...
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    Uruguay consists of 19 departments (departamentos). Each department has a legislature, called a Departmental Board, and a chief executive called a Intendente...
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    UN/LOCODE 2011-2. UNECE. 28 February 2012. "Uruguay y Brasil declararon binacional al aeropuerto de Rivera". Uruguay Presidencia (in Spanish). 14 August 2023...
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     Kuwait 280 118 Istanbul  Turkey 834 119 Tegucigalpa  Honduras 350 120 Rivera  Uruguay 4,815 121 Bangkok  Thailand 31028 122 Kingston  Jamaica 260 123 Brazzaville...
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