The river Uruguay is 1600 kilometers in length, it starts in Brazil and is navigable even by vessels with deep drafts. Among its most important tributaries are the rivers Cuareim, Arapey, Daym n, Queguay and the River Negro 600 kilometers in length which also begins in Brazil and divides the country in half. Uruguay is a cosmopolitan society as a result of many successive European migrations. As such it is an open society, promoting tolerance, non discrimination towards foreigners be them of different race, religion or political ideologies. Educational freedom is constitutionally guaranteed.
Public education is secular, free and obligatory.
Primary, secondary, agrarian or industrial education is obligatory. Montevideo is a modern and safe metropolis erected next to the Rio de la Plata bay. It has an exceptional natural port which operates freely opposite the Atlantic coast. Its sovereignty is directly exercised by the Electorate and indirectly by the representative Powers established by the Constitution, in other words, the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, all of which are independent from each other and act according to the norms established by the Magna Carta. Uruguay is a middle-income nation with a developing economy.