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Embassy of the United States of America
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY

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December 2006
12/29/2006	America mourns Gerald Ford
12/24/2006	Americans celebrate Christmas in diverse ways
12/23/2006	U.S. intensifies efforts for worldwide Internet freedom
12/23/2006	United States looks to work with new Latin American governments
12/20/2006	Youth Ambassadors named
12/20/2006	MGAP visit to Argentina fumigation plants for blueberries
12/20/2006	USDA APHIS participates in a simulation exercise of Avian Influenza in Uruguay
12/20/2006	Ambassador Baxter congratulates school staff and students on a successful year
12/19/2006	Alianza Binational Center graduates new English teachers
12/19/2006	State Department gets 6.4 million entries for 2008 Visa Lottery
12/19/2006	Foreign Language Teaching Assistants share impressions of U.S.
12/14/2006	Top U.S. official cites progress in human trafficking battle
12/13/2006	Ambassador Frank E. Baxter presents credentials to Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez
12/13/2006	Fighting corruption a collective effort, U.S. officials say
12/12/2006	Conference to review international efforts to fight corruption
12/11/2006	U.S. Ambassador Frank Baxter addresses Chamber of Commerce Uruguay-USA
12/11/2006	State Department marks International Human Rights Day
12/07/2006	Online materials broadening global access to education
12/06/2006	Iraq Study Group Report: Executive Summary
12/06/2006	U.S. Treasury targets Hizballah fundraising network in the Tri-Border Area
12/06/2006	YMCA delegation visits Uruguay
12/06/2006	Uruguayan researcher Esther Ruiz travels to the U.S.
12/05/2006	U.S. seeks to boost competitiveness of Latin America, Caribbean
12/05/2006	President Bush accepts resignation of U.N. envoy Bolton
12/04/2006	Bush Administration seeks reforms for Visa Waiver Program
12/04/2006	Tribute to Rosa Parks marks anniversary of Montevideo's Public School No.178
12/01/2006	U.S. intensifies fight against counterfeit drugs

November 2006
11/30/2006	Fighting corruption seen as key to cutting poverty in Americas
11/30/2006	Training in the U.S.A. Program for public high school English teachers
11/30/2006	Incoming U.S. Congress seen not changing trade agenda
11/30/2006	U.S. Congress Delegation (Goodlatte) Visits Uruguay
11/30/2006	Embassy staff meets new Ambassador
11/30/2006	Trafficking In Persons presentation in Punta del Este
11/30/2006	This year's English Teaching Assistants say farewell
11/29/2006	New training programs will help fight trafficking in persons
11/28/2006	Ambassador Frank Baxter arrives in Uruguay
11/27/2006	The embassy hosts International Education Week celebration
11/27/2006	Abilene Christian University students visit the embassy
11/27/2006	Dr. Bright M. Dornblaser visits Uruguay
11/24/2006	Air travelers to U.S. need passports as of January 23, 2007
11/22/2006	National Thanksgiving Turkey Ceremony
11/22/2006	Storybook reading, a big hit in public schools
11/21/2006	Thanksgiving Day, 2006 - A Proclamation by the President
11/21/2006	United States votes in favor of international loan for Uruguay pulpmill project
11/20/2006	U.S. committed to increasing trade, particularly with the Americas, official says
11/20/2006	Florida Travel Workshop
11/17/2006	The President's Message on International Education Week
11/17/2006	Counterfeit drugs seen as growing problem
11/17/2006	Embassy volunteers dish out Big Macs on McHappy Day
11/16/2006	Fulbright Educational Exchange Program marks 60th Anniversary
11/16/2006	Sharp hike reported in volunteering by U.S. university students
11/16/2006	International effort needed to combat trade in counterfeit goods
11/16/2006	Applications for Youth Ambassador flood in
11/15/2006	Fine art photographers Ken Rosenthal and Lisa Robinson visit Uruguay
11/13/2006	Fallen veterans remembered
11/13/2006	Midterm elections show America's strength, Bush says
11/09/2006	Veterans Day Proclamation
11/09/2006	LEST WE FORGET: On Veterans Day we honor all who served the cause of freedom
11/08/2006	Bush to seek common ground with Democrats following election
11/08/2006	IMF welcomes Uruguay's decision to repay early its outstanding obligations
11/08/2006	Frank Baxter sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay
11/08/2006	International Education Week
11/08/2006	United States respects Indian tribes' right to self-determination
11/08/2006	Public school No.201 celebrates Junior Achievement
11/07/2006	Democracy development long-term task, Rice says
11/07/2006	Three U.S. firms win awards for work in Latin America
11/06/2006	University presidents to mark International Education Week
11/06/2006	Public school No.178 'Martin Luther King' celebrates Junior Achievement
11/04/2006	U.S. Election Day a celebration of political activism
11/04/2006	International enrollment in U.S. graduate schools rising
11/02/2006	National American Indian Heritage Month
11/02/2006	Money transfers from United States to Latin America increasing significantly
11/01/2006	American museums offer online resources for teachers
11/01/2006	2006 elections reflect American diversity

October 2006
10/31/2006	Trick or Treat! Embassy staff celebrate Halloween
10/31/2006	Fulbright scholar Cara Grayer visits Uruguay
10/30/2006	President Bush signs Secure Fence Act
10/30/2006	Most Visa Waiver Program nations meet electronic passport deadline
10/27/2006	Students invited to enter "Doors to Diplomacy" Web site contest
10/26/2006	Closing event of 2006 Junior Achievement program at Public School No.163
10/25/2006	High use, low counterfeiting of U.S. currency abroad, report says
10/24/2006	U.S. foreign assistance reaches record level
10/23/2006	Closing event of 2006 Junior Achievement program at Public School No.70
10/20/2006	Author David L. Holmes visits Uruguay
10/20/2006	American composer and improviser Wade Matthews visits Montevideo
10/20/2006	Arizona student recalls her experience as an AMIGOS volunteer in Uruguay
10/18/2006	U.S. pledges $34.5 million for renewable energy technologies
10/16/2006	United States pledges $3 million to protect intellectual property
10/16/2006	The embassy launches Youth Ambassador Program in Uruguay
10/13/2006	Dialogue among faiths key to understanding, State's Hughes says
10/13/2006	Islamic Society director challenges extremist views
10/12/2006	Biotech conference held in Montevideo
10/12/2006	Acceptance of biotechnology growing, U.S. official says
10/11/2006	Winners of embassy's journalist competition travel to the U.S.
10/10/2006	President Bush honors Hispanic Americans at White House ceremony
10/09/2006	Young entrepreneurs visit the U.S. Embassy Montevideo
10/07/2006	Americans honor bold spirits of Columbus, Erikson
10/06/2006	Soprano Maria Jose Siri visits U.S. Embassy Montevideo
10/06/2006	Teros, Eagles meet in pre-World Cup championship game
10/05/2006	Healthcare professionals attend course in Montevideo on infectious threats
10/05/2006	U.S. global pandemic assistance nears $400 million
10/04/2006	U.S. population to reach 300 million this month
10/03/2006	U.S.-Uruguay Trade and Investment Commission meets in Montevideo
10/02/2006	Fighting terrorism does not create terrorism, Bush says
10/02/2006	Ambassador Frank Baxter confirmed by Senate

September 2006
09/30/2006	Spring Forward: local time advances one hour
09/29/2006	U.S. Embassy joins school's celebration of Chinese Republic's 57th Anniversary
09/28/2006	Presidential Message: Yom Kippur, 5767
09/27/2006	Ambassador-nominee Frank Baxter appears before Senate Committee
09/27/2006	Entertainer Ricky Martin urges effort against human trafficking
09/26/2006	Embassy awards winners of journalist competition
09/26/2006	State Department launches Global Cultural Initiative
09/25/2006	Montevideo Emergency Operations Center inaugurated
09/22/2006	Visit by Public Diplomacy Director reaffirms embassy's commitment to education
09/22/2006	Presidential Message: Ramadan, 2006
09/22/2006	U.S. First Lady, Liberian President receive Freedom awards
09/22/2006	Presidential Message: Rosh Hashanah, 5767
09/20/2006	2008 Diversity Visa Lottery Program registration opens October 4
09/20/2006	President Bush addresses U.N. General Assembly
09/20/2006	First lady announces $1 million contribution to UNESCO reading program
09/20/2006	Uruguayan television series features exchanges with the U.S.
09/20/2006	Travel Channel to produce show on Uruguay
09/20/2006	Uruguayan prison experts travel to the U.S.
09/19/2006	New Junior Achievement programs inaugurated in public schools
09/19/2006	Hispanic Americans contributing to the American mosaic
09/19/2006	The U.S. Embassy participates in drug conference
09/19/2006	Conductor Richard Rosenberg visits U.S. Embassy Montevideo
09/18/2006	West Side Story opens in Montevideo
09/18/2006	Thousands visit the U.S. stand at Expo-Prado Fair
09/18/2006	Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
09/16/2006	National Hispanic Heritage Month - A Proclamation by the President
09/16/2006	Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, Constitution Week
09/16/2006	Bush says CIA interrogation program has saved lives worldwide
09/16/2006	Free trade vital to Latin American economies, says USTR's Eissenstat
09/15/2006	Time of opportunity for Latin America, says U.S. Commerce Secretary
09/15/2006	Uruguay segment of the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report
09/15/2006	State Department releases 2006 International Religious Freedom Report
09/15/2006	Frank Baxter's nomination sent to the Senate
09/15/2006	Agreement signed to support English language instruction in public schools
09/14/2006	United States Senate approves U.S.-Uruguay Bilateral Investment Treaty
09/14/2006	After U.S. primaries, focus on November midterm elections
09/13/2006	Registration, Absentee Ballot Request deadlines approaching
09/12/2006	Frank Baxter to be named U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay
09/12/2006	State's Hughes calls for a united world to condemn terror
09/12/2006	President Bush addresses Nation on a day of remembrance
09/11/2006	9/11 remembrance honors victims from more than 90 countries
09/11/2006	Remembering 9/11
09/09/2006	Secretary Rice to honor foreigners killed in 9/11 attacks
09/09/2006	President Bush's radio address on the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001
09/08/2006	Patriot Day, 2006 - A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
09/08/2006	U.S. Treasury designation targets Hizballah's bank
09/07/2006	World Trade Center reconstruction reaffirms life in the aftermath of tragedy
09/07/2006	Bush says U.S. security has improved since September 11, 2001
09/07/2006	Fact Sheet: Bringing Terrorists To Justice
09/07/2006	Bush says high-level detainees will face military trials
09/07/2006	President's speech on the Global War on Terror
09/07/2006	Uruguayan Atlanta Hawks player Esteban Batista visits U.S. Embassy Montevideo
09/07/2006	JFK School visited
09/06/2006	Streamlined program makes getting a U.S. visa more efficient
09/06/2006	"Speech of Hope" 60 years ago set stage for Marshall Plan
09/06/2006	Second of a scheduled series of five speeches by president Bush leading up to the fifth anniversary of 9/11
09/05/2006	President Tabare Vazquez in exclusive interview with The New York Times
09/05/2006	Public Diplomacy director Mary Deane Conners visits U.S. Embassy Montevideo
09/05/2006	New York artist Jose Morales participates in Visual Sensation of Sound Exhibit
09/01/2006	U.S. Foreign Assistance director outlines aid to Lebanon
09/01/2006	U.S. must reform farm policy, U.S. Agriculture Secretary says
09/01/2006	State Department International Visitor Program participants travel to the U.S.

August 2006
08/31/2006	Labor Day marks appreciation of U.S. workers
08/31/2006	War on Terror the "decisive" 21st century struggle, Bush says
08/31/2006	State Department announces new land mine detection tool
08/29/2006	Uruguayan public schools welcome U.S. English teaching assistants
08/29/2006	Dean Luis Negron Portillo visits U.S. Embassy Montevideo
08/24/2006	Uruguay Celebrates Declaration of Independence Day
08/24/2006	U.S. "pleased" by creation of South American intelligence center for Tri-border area
08/24/2006	State Department's Shannon briefs foreign media on U.S. policy toward Cuba
08/23/2006	Uruguayan writer Rafael Courtoisie to join literary residency at University of Iowa
08/22/2006	Assistant secretary Shannon holds video conference with Uruguayan press
08/21/2006	Bush pledges $230 million in U.S. aid to Lebanon
08/21/2006	Chargé Nealon hosts ACYPL Reunion Breakfast for Uruguayan political leaders
08/21/2006	Uruguay in solid recovery, but work to reduce vulnerabilities should continue, IMF says
08/21/2006	DESEM junior achievers put their new enterprises to the test
08/21/2006	New York Times correspondent Larry Rohter visits U.S. Embassy Montevideo
08/21/2006	U.S. professor Gilbert Valverde conducts conference at Montevideo's Universidad Catolica
08/17/2006	Uruguayan television miniseries to explore U.S.-Uruguay cultural and commercial ties
08/16/2006	Pop icon Elvis Presley remembered on anniversary of death
08/16/2006	U.N. resolution charts path to peace in Lebanon, Rice says
08/15/2006	Initiatives, referendums important in 2006 U.S. elections
08/15/2006	President Bush discusses foreign policy during visit to State Department
08/14/2006	Department of State begins issuing electronic passports
08/11/2006	Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative documents proposed
08/10/2006	Fact Sheet: Guideline For Airline Passengers
08/10/2006	United States raises security threat level in wake of U.K. exposure of terror plot
08/10/2006	USTR's Eissenstat visits Uruguay
08/07/2006	U.S. Senate votes to ratify Cybercrime Convention
08/07/2006	Embassy staff pay tribute to Ann Michelle O'Connor, former co-worker killed in Narobi terrorist attack
08/05/2006	Bush says border security, immigration reform are mutually reinforcing
08/05/2006	Rice reaches out to Cuban people via Radio and TV Marti
08/04/2006	President Bush urges Cuban people to work for democratic change
08/03/2006	U.S. humanitarian aid flowing to Lebanese villages
08/03/2006	United States prepared to support democratic transition in Cuba
08/03/2006	U.S. expert on Corporate Social Responsibility conducts seminars in Uruguay
08/03/2006	Commerce Secretary Gutierrez reviews Latin American trade agenda
08/03/2006	U.S. professor Ken Roberts teaches course to PhD students in Uruguay
08/02/2006	New U.S. Treasury Secretary criticizes protectionism
08/02/2006	U.S. reiterates welcome to foreign students as "back to school" season approaches
08/02/2006	Rice sees Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in "days, not weeks"
08/02/2006	MTV brings world music to Americans
08/02/2006	U.S. officials discuss health of Cuba's Fidel Castro
08/01/2006	AMIGOS program concludes successful pilot project in Uruguay
08/01/2006	IMF cites economic growth in Uruguay

July 2006
07/31/2006	Rice says settlement of Israel-Hizballah conflict taking form
07/31/2006	Uruguay halfs its obligations to the IMF
07/28/2006	Fulbrighters welcomed
07/28/2006	Elements of American identity, culture examined
07/28/2006	Economic integration key to Latin American growth, say U.S. officials
07/27/2006	Economic growth continues in Latin America, Caribbean, U.N. says
07/26/2006	One Laptop per Child Association aims to revolutionize education
07/26/2006	U.S. humanitarian aid headed for Lebanon
07/25/2006	U.S. visa process should be streamlined, official says
07/24/2006	Secretary Rice visits Israel, Lebanon
07/24/2006	U.S. to offer humanitarian assistance to the Lebanese Government
07/24/2006	President Bush attends naturalization ceremony for immigrant service members
07/19/2006	OSCE nations adopt U.S.-sponsored resolution on child pornography
07/19/2006	Diversity Visa process selects 82,000 applicants
07/19/2006	1964-1968 Foreign Relations Volume released
07/18/2006	"Junior 8" tell G8 leaders education is key to solving problems
07/18/2006	Secretary Rice calls for Mideast cease-fire
07/17/2006	Bush, Brazilian leader discuss ways to advance WTO talks
07/17/2006	G8 issues statement on situation in Middle East
07/14/2006	U.S. calls for restraint and positive efforts in Middle East
07/14/2006	Minority groups now one-third of U.S. population
07/13/2006	U.S. military humanitarian efforts planned for 99 nations
07/12/2006	Smithsonian Folklife Festival shows importance of tradition, change
07/12/2006	U.S. Commerce Secretary urges Senate to adopt immigration reform
07/11/2006	Geneva Conventions will apply to detainees, U.S. official says
07/11/2006	U.S. professors lecture at Montevideana International Colloquium
07/10/2006	Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. sworn into office
07/10/2006	Fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
07/10/2006	Sharing a vision of peace, justice, and democracy for the world
07/10/2006	2007 Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
07/10/2006	2007 New York International Ballet Competition
07/07/2006	U.S. Commerce Secretary urges adoption of immigration reforms
07/07/2006