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Ambassador Baxter Visits Artigas and Rivera in Northern Uruguay
Meets with local government officials, tours industrial sites
 
Posted: April 21, 2008  
PART 1: ARTIGAS PART 2: RIVERA >>

Artigas is the northernmost municipality in Uruguay. The name Artigas comes from that of the national hero, Jose Gervasio Artigas. Its capital city, also named Artigas, is the furthest city from Uruguay's capital Montevideo, approximately 600 kilometers (373 miles) away. It has a population of nearly 42,000.

Ambassador Baxter arriving in Artigas, April 15, 2008. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter arriving in Artigas, April 15, 2008.
 

 Artigas Intendant Julio Cesar Silveira, Youth Ambassador Bruno Hiriart Abreu, Ambassador Frank E. Baxter. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Artigas Intendant Julio Cesar Silveira, Youth Ambassador Bruno Hiriart Abreu, Ambassador Frank E. Baxter.

Ambassador Baxter meeting with Artigas Intendant Julio Cesar Silveira and other local government officials. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter meeting with Artigas Intendant Julio Cesar Silveira and other local government officials.

 Ambassador Baxter and Intendant Silveira during press conference in Artigas. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter and Intendant Silveira during press conference in Artigas. [Video]

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Ambassador Baxter is greeted by the Artigas Binational Center (Alianza) Marching Band. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter is greeted by the Artigas Binational Center (Alianza) Marching Band. [Video]

 Ambassador Baxter arriving at the Artigas Binational Center.[U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter arriving at the Artigas Binational Center. [Video]
 

Ambassador and Mrs. Baxter with Binational Center director Mary I. Da Silva enjoying a magnificent performance by the Alianza Marching Band. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador and Mrs. Baxter with Binational Center director Mary I. Da Silva enjoying a magnificent performance by the Alianza Marching Band.

 Ambassador Baxter poses with members of the Alianza Marching Band and their guidon. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter poses with members of the Alianza Marching Band and their guidon.

Ambassador Baxter chats with students of the Binational Center (Alianza) during his visit to Artigas, April 15, 2008. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
>Click to enlarge photo 		 Ambassador Baxter chats with students of the Binational Center (Alianza) during his visit to Artigas, April 15, 2008. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter chats with students of the Binational Center (Alianza) during his visit to Artigas, April 15, 2008.


Gifts exchange: Ambassador Baxter presents a pictorial book for the Alianza's library and an embassy golf shirt for the "best student" to Binational Center director Mary I. Da Silva. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
>Click to enlarge photo 		 Gifts exchange: Ambassador Baxter presents a pictorial book for the Alianza's library and an embassy golf shirt for the "best student" to Binational Center director Mary I. Da Silva. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Gifts exchange: Ambassador Baxter presents a pictorial book for the Alianza's library and an embassy golf shirt for the "best student" to Binational Center director Mary I. Da Silva.


Ambassador Baxter stands with Intendant Silveira in front of the international bridge between Uruguay and Brazil. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter stands with Intendant Silveira in front of the international bridge between Uruguay and Brazil.

 Ambassador Baxter visits the "Guayabos" 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Artigas. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Ambassador Baxter visits the "Guayabos" 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Artigas.

Ambassador Baxter and Intendant Silveira of Artigas examine the world's largest amethyst geode. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
>Click to enlarge photo 		 Ambassador and Mrs. Baxter visit a semiprecious stone mine in Artigas. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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Top right: Ambassador Baxter and Intendant Silveira examine one of the world's largest amethyst rocks, found in Artigas. The ambassador and Mrs. Baxter also visited the mines where the rock was extracted from. Mining of semiprecious stone deposits is widespread in Artigas and the quality of its agates and amethysts is known around the world.

Ambassador and Mrs. Baxter visit a semiprecious stone mine in Artigas. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
>Click to enlarge photo 		 Ambassador and Mrs. Baxter visit a semiprecious stone mine in Artigas. [U.S. Embassy photo by Vince Alongi]
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