Portuguese-Uruguayan relations

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The Portuguese-Uruguayan relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Portugal and Uruguay . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1843.

The bilateral relations are considered to be problem-free and good. Today they are characterized by the joint work in international organizations such as the Ibero America Summit or the Latin Union . Portugal's mediating stance in the negotiations between Mercosur and the EU should also be mentioned. Since 2016, Uruguay has also had observer status in the community of Portuguese-speaking countries .

Historically, Uruguay's partly Portuguese origins play a role. Colonia del Sacramento , built by the Portuguese in 1680, is the country's oldest city. It was the first European settlement in what is now Uruguay, and its old town is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

Another point of contact is the historical immigration from Portugal to Uruguay.

From the time of the Portuguese presence and the Portuguese-speaking neighborhood that has continued since then, a linguistic development also has its roots, which is now also known in Uruguay as Portuñol , a mixed language of Spanish and Portuguese .

Both countries have concluded a large number of bilateral agreements with one another, the most recent being a double taxation agreement (2009).

history

Azulejos in the Portuguese Museum in Colonia del Sacramento

Despite the Portuguese-Spanish treaty of Tordesillas , a large number of Portuguese traders, craftsmen, mercenaries and artists tried their luck in the parts of South America assigned to Spain, including today's Uruguay, which also bordered the Portuguese colony of Brazil. Portuguese missionaries and craftsmen in particular came here from the early 16th century. The work of the Portuguese carpenter Fernão Peres , who was involved in the construction of numerous churches in the region of the Río de la Plata in the 1530s, became famous.

Today's Uruguay was at times part of the Portuguese colony of Brazil under the name Província Cisplatina . In 1680 the Portuguese established the village of Colonia del Sacramento, primarily to control trade on the wide Río de la Plata.

In 1762 the Portuguese began building the Fortaleza de Santa Teresa . It was only completed later by the Spaniards.

In the Treaty of Santo Ildefonso in 1777, Portugal finally ceded the area to Spain. Portugal's architectural heritage can be found here to this day, especially in Colonia del Sacramento, Portuguese coats of arms and insignia can be seen, for example at the Casa Rosada (next to the Casa-Museu de Nacarellos ) or at the Puerta de Campo , a gate in the Portuguese fortifications 17th century.

Group picture of the heads of state at the 2009 Ibero-America summit in Portugal

On September 27, 1843, the Baron ( Barão de Sousa ) Leonardo Sousa Leite e Azevedo began his work as Consul General in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo . This was the first Portuguese diplomatic mission in the country.

On October 31, 1910, Uruguay recognized the recently proclaimed Portuguese Republic and on May 16, 1918, the coup government of General Sidónio Pais .

Relationships slowly began to deepen since the 1980s. A first visa agreement in 1985 was followed by a number of other bilateral agreements and collaborations, particularly in the 1990s and the like. a. an investment protection agreement , a cultural agreement and the friendship between Montevideo and Lisbon in 2008. Portugal's position vis-à-vis the Mercosur states in the negotiations with the EU around 2004 led to a further improvement in the already good relationship.

Portuguese immigration to Uruguay

migration

Portuguese immigration to Uruguay was less prominent than in countries like Venezuela or Argentina, but it was significant nonetheless. Since the middle of the 18th century in particular, many Portuguese came, often from the Azores islands , before a number of people immigrated from Portugal again in a final high phase in the 1950s. Since the 1990s, people from Uruguay also emigrated to Portugal the other way around for the first time, albeit in a comparatively small number.

In 2014, 1,971 citizens were registered in the Portuguese consulates in Uruguay. In 2015, 122 Uruguayan citizens were registered in Portugal.

Well-known Uruguayan of Portuguese descent

A number of well-known Uruguayan figures are of Portuguese descent. Here is a small selection, sorted alphabetically:

  • Enrique Amorim

  • Maria Eugenia Vaz Ferreira

  • Carlos Vaz Ferreira

  • Néstor Gonçalves (3rd from left) with the 1961 Copa Libertadores winning team, Club Peñarol

  • Manuel Flores Mora (front right)

  • Aparicio Saravia

  • Alceu Ribeiro

diplomacy

Portugal has an embassy in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo , on Avenida Dr. Francisco Soca number 1128, ap. 701. There is also a Portuguese honorary consulate in Colonia del Sacramento .

Uruguay has an embassy in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon , at Rua Sampaio Pina number 16. There is also a Uruguayan consulate in Porto .

Town twinning

In 1993 the two capitals Lisbon and Montevideo established the first Portuguese-Uruguayan friendship between cities , followed by two more so far (as of 2013).

economy

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP has an office at the Portuguese Embassy in Montevideo.

Uruguay is a focus of the work of the Câmara de Comércio Portugal-Atlântico Sul (CCPAS), the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce for the countries of the South Atlantic .

In 2015, Portugal exported goods worth EUR 28.90 million to Uruguay (2014: 38.99 million; 2013: 17.26 million; 2012: 15.95 million; 2011: 6.50 million) , of which 85.3% machines and devices, 2.8% textiles, 1.7% metals and 1.6% ores and minerals.

In the same period, Uruguay delivered goods worth 75.33 million euros to Portugal (2014: 55.32 million; 2013: 64.67 million; 2012: 55.85 million; 2011: 86.65 million) of which 83.8% wood, 14.6% agricultural products, 1.2% leather and hides and 0.2% textiles.

For Portuguese foreign trade, Uruguay was 67th as a buyer and 54th as a supplier. In Uruguay's foreign trade, Portugal ranked 21st among buyers and 39th among suppliers.

Culture

The Portuguese cultural institute Instituto Camões is u. a. represented with collaborations on Portuguese language teaching and a lecturer at the state Universidad de la República in Montevideo.

Portuguese works and artists are also regularly invited to institutions in Montevideo, such as Portuguese cinema , Portuguese theater productions, readings, exhibitions by visual artists from Portugal or concerts by Portuguese musicians, such as the modern jazz musicians Carlos Bica and João Paulo Esteves da Silva .

Sports

Football is a national sport in both countries.

The Portuguese men's national team and the Uruguayan selection have played against each other three times, each with a win, a loss and a draw (as of February 2017). Portugal was not represented at the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay.

The Portuguese women's national team and the Uruguayan women's national team have not yet met (as of February 2017).

Uruguayan players also compete for Portuguese teams more often. Most recently, the multimillion dollar move of national striker Cavani from PSG to Benfica Lisbon in August 2020 caused a sensation.

Web links

Commons : Portuguese-Uruguayan Relations  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Overview of diplomatic relations between Portugal and Uruguay , diplomatic institute in the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs , accessed on May 4, 2019
  2. ^ CPLP website on Associate Observer Status , CPLP website, accessed May 8, 2017
  3. ↑ Fernando Cristóvão (Ed.): Dicionário Temático da Lusofonia. Texto Editores, Lisbon / Luanda / Praia / Maputo 2006 ( ISBN 972-47-2935-4 ), p. 790
  4. ↑ a b Overview of the Portuguese-Uruguayan agreements ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the Portuguese Embassy in Montevideo, accessed on March 19, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.embajadadeportugalmontevideo.com
  5. ↑ Website on Portuguese-Uruguayan migration (Table A.3) at the Portuguese Scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on March 18, 2017
  6. ↑ Sums of the number of Uruguayans in the official foreigner statistics by district , Portuguese Immigration and Border Authority SEF, accessed on March 18, 2017
  7. ↑ List of Portuguese diplomatic missions abroad , website of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on March 18, 2017
  8. ^ Entry of the Consulate of Paraguay in Porto on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on March 18, 2017
  9. ↑ List of Portuguese-Uruguayan town twinning at the Association of Portuguese Administrative Districts (ANMP), accessed on May 16, 2020
  10. ↑ Overview of the activities of AICEP in Uruguay , website of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP , accessed on March 18, 2017
  11. ↑ Website of the Câmara de Comércio Portugal-Atlântico Sul (CCPAS) ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 19, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.portugalatlanticosul.org
  12. ↑ Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and Uruguay , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP , accessed on March 18, 2017
  13. ↑ Overview of the activities in Uruguay , Portuguese cultural institute Instituto Camões , accessed on March 19, 2017
  14. ↑ Cultural news on the start page of the Portuguese embassy in Montevideo ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 19, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.embajadadeportugalmontevideo.com