INTRO (wikipedia.org)
Uruguay, officially the Eastern Republic of Uruguay or the Republic East of the Uruguay (River) (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a nation located in the southeastern part of South America. Of the mere 3 million people who inhabit the country, 1.7 million live in Montevideo. It is bordered by Brazil to the northeast, the Uruguay River to the west, the estuary of the Río de la Plata (literally "River of the Silver", but commonly known in English as "River Plate") to the southwest, with Argentina on the other bank of both and finally the South Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is the second smallest independent country in South America, larger only than Suriname - it is also larger than French Guiana, which is an overseas department of France. According to Transparency
International, it is the second least corrupt country in Latin America (after Chile).