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2 things to say. We declare independency here in Uruguay in 1825, but just to declare, in the same document, that we become one of the PROVINCIAS UNIDAS DEL RIO DE LA PLATA, this means that we are no longer under the dominion of Brazil and
now we are argentinians. In the mean time we were still at war with Brazil, with the brazilians occupying about the 70% of the territory. In 1828 Lord Ponsomby who was the embassador of England in Brazil made an arrangement in wich is declared that la Banda Oriental (the Eastern Band) is not part of Argentina or Brazil, and so on 18th july 1828 we had our first constitution.The second thing is that religion, catolcism, to be precise, was part of the state untill the second presidency of Jos? Batlle y Ordo?ez, when religion and state were separated. Nevertheless about 75% of the population is catholic, and we celebrate christmas as christmas, in spanish navidad which means the day that Jesus born. You talk about a "Family day", and indeed here in Uruguay the 25th december is a day to spend with the family, but christmas is christmas.Sorry for my english that is a litlle rusty. long time whitout writing in english, or talking.You had very nice posts.Hope you enjoy your stay in this country.My best regards.PS: There's allways sometonereading your posts, at least i was.