Flags of Uruguay

The description of a national flag: nine equal horizontal strips of white (from above and below) colour alternating with blue colour. In the top corner from the fastening there is a white square with an image of a yellow sun with a human face (known as the Sun Maya) and with 16 alternating beams (wavy and triangular) are located also. Uruguay is one of the successful countries in South America with a high standard of a living. The national economy is constructed on agriculture focused on an export, well-trained labour, and rather fairs distribution of the incomes and a high level of social charges. In 1999 the national economy has suffered because of the fallen demand in Argentina and Brazil (in the countries where goes about a half of all the export of Uruguay).

Despite of the universal crisis and the slump in production at neighbours, Uruguay keeps the financial parameters at a former level, supporting the reputation of the country where it is safely possible to invest capitals. For the new government it is important to expand trading communications of the country, to strengthen the competitiveness of the goods and to lower the cost of the state services.