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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor <br /> <br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices <br /> <br />February 25, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Peru is a multiparty republic with a population estimated at 28.2 million. In 2006 Alan Garcia of the Popular Revolutionary Party Alliance (APRA) won the presidency in elections that were generally free and fair.

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor <br /> <br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices <br /> <br />February 25, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Saint Lucia is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy with a population of approximately 171,000. In generally free and fair elections in 2006, former prime minister Sir John Compton returned to power when his United Workers Party (UWP) defeated the previously ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP), winning 11 seats in the 17-member House of Assembly.

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor <br /> <br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices <br /> <br />February 25, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Suriname is a constitutional democracy, with a president elected by the unicameral legislature or by the larger United People's Assembly. The population is approximately 493,000. After generally free and fair elections in 2005, the New Front Plus government, was formed. In August 2005 the United People's Assembly reelected Ronald Venetiaan as president.

Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor <br /> <br />2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices <br /> <br />February 25, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, with a population of approximately 3.4 million, is a constitutional republic with an elected president and a bicameral legislature. In October 2004, in free and fair multiparty elections, Tabare Vazquez, leader of the Broad Front or Frente Amplio (FA) coalition, won a five year presidential term and a majority in parliament.