Vestnik RUDN. International RelationsVestnik RUDN. International RelationsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения2313-06602313-0679федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)10499ARTICLESСТАТЬИResearch ArticleUruguay in International RelationsУругвай в современных международных отношенияхAndreevAnton SergeevichАндреевАнтон СергеевичDepartment of American Studies Faculty of International RelationsКафедра американских исследованийanton.andreev89@gmail.comSaint Petersburg State UniversiryСанкт-Петербургский государственный университет15042015154Latin America in the 21st Century: Challenges and ProspectsЛатинская Америка в XXI в.: вызовы и перспективы859109092016Copyright ©; 2015, Andreev A.S.Copyright ©; 2015, Андреев А.С.2015Andreev A.S.Андреев А.С.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/10499This article analyzes the foreign policy of the leftist government of Uruguay at the beginning of the XXI century. Latin America is an important actor in the process of creating a multipolar world, and Uruguay becomes one of the political and economic centers of the continent. One of the important political processes in South America is a regional integration which has many forms. This article shows the main areas of Uruguay diplomacy in various integration formations of the region. Based on the analysis of the program of the third government of “Broad Front” article shows the goals and objectives of the country in the processes of regional integration, the problems and prospects of these processes. The author notes that the Government of Uruguay is looking for creating common political and economic institutions for the united Latin American continent. In the new political and economic conditions Uruguay becomes important partner for the BRICS countries as well as for the EU and the United States. The article shows the prospects for Uruguay in the BRICS in the context of changing the place of developing countries in the architecture of the global world, as well as in the context of the participation of ex-President Jose Mujica in the BRICS summit 2014. Currently, Uruguay is standing in front of a political choice, because the country has people who want the development of relations with the United States as economic partner and political center of the region. Also in Uruguay are supporters of the development of relations with the EU. The paper shows the tasks and objectives of Uruguay's foreign policy towards the US and the EU, as well as a place of Uruguay in the foreign policy of major actors of international relations. The article says the prospects for the foreign policy of Uruguay in the context of the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2014, a new government and the conservation status of Uruguay as a country of “left turn” in terms of coming to power of right-wing forces and “drift right” in other developed countries in Latin America.В современном мире особенно актуальной становится проблема формирования многополярного мира. Важную роль в этом процессе играют страны Латинской Америки, которые строят новые отношения в рамках латиноамериканской региональной интеграции и внеполушарными акторами латиноамериканских политических процессов. В статье рассматриваются основные направления дипломатии Уругвая в условиях становления многополярного мира, а также отношения страны с основными региональными институтами (МЕРКОСУР) и акторами международных отношений (США, Европейским Союзом, странами БРИКС).UruguayMERCOSURUruguayan diplomacy“Broad Front” diplomacyBRICSVazquezMujica“left turn”УругвайМЕРКОСУРдипломатия Уругваядипломатия «Широкого фронта»БРИКС«левый поворот»ВаскесМухика