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| 1985, March 1 |
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| Pres. Sanguinetti assumed office. | 1 |
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| 1986 |
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| Fearing military intervention in politics, Pres. Sanguinetti granted a general amnesty for human rights violations by the military. | 2 |
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| 1988 |
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| Uruguay's population reached 3 million. | 3 |
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| 1989, Nov. 26 |
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| Luis Alberto Lacalle, a moderate conservative of the National Party, was elected president. | 4 |
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| 1990, March 1 |
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| Pres. Lacalle was sworn in. He promised inflation controls, debt reduction, and social welfare improvements. | 5 |
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| 1995, March 1 |
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| Julio María Sanguinetti was sworn in as president. He vowed to reform the nation's social security system, which had been consuming 37 percent of the federal budget. | 6 |
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| 1999, Oct. 31 |
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| In a remarkable election for the General Assembly, the Colorado Party was ousted, securing only 32 seats while the Progressive Encounter Party took 40. | 7 |
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| Nov. 28 |
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| Jorge Batlle won 54.1 percent of the votes in a runoff presidential election in Uruguay, securing the position for the Center-Right Colorado Party. | 8 |
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