Meet Diego from Uruguay
Mar 12th, 2009 • Category: Featured, Kids from Around the WorldCompiled by NINA SVIRSKY and FANNY SOSENKE
Name: Diego Sosa Svirsky
Age: 10
Hometown: Montevideo, neighborhood Parque Batlle
Languages Spoken: Spanish and English
Family: Diego’s parents are psychiatrists
Siblings: Rodrigo, 18
Favorite Food: Milanesa (a common Uruguayan dish similar to chicken fried steak)
Hobbies: Playing soccer and videogames, listening to music (Metallica is his favorite band), playing guitar
Favorite subject in school: Recess
What he wants to be when he grows up: Archeologist or musician
Something Diego has heard about life in the United States: “George W. Bush is crazy.”
URUGUAY AT A GLANCE
Population: 3,477,778
Capital: Montevideo
Location: Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Language: Spanish
Religion: Roman Catholic (47%), non-Catholic Christians (11%)
President: Tabare Vazquez
Ethnic Groups: White (88%), Black (4%)
Government: Constitutional Republic (Democracy)
Poverty Rate: 27.4%
LEARN A LITTLE SPANISH!
Fútbol: Soccer
Asado: Barbeque
Música: Music
Dormir: To sleep
Ojotas: Flip-flops
Gaucho: A type of Uruguayan cowboy
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