Bank of Mozambique created Government of Mozambique took over, without compensation, the Mozambican operations of Banco Nacional Ultramarino, a Portuguese colonial bank that had been acting as the bank of issue for the colony. This became the nucleus of Bank of Mozambique. In 1977 the government also nationalized almost all banks in the country, including the Casa Bancária de Moçambique, and the Mozambican operations of Banco de Crédito, Comercial e Industrial and Banco Comercial de Angola, and merged them into Bank of Mozambique. At the same time it closed the operations of Banco de Fomento Nacional and Banco Pinto e Sotto Mayor. (The
Immigration to Uruguay of the Syrian Civil War. During the last years Uruguay has been experiencing the drama of stateless people. The Government has plans to diversify the reasons for obtaining visas in order to adapt to the new reality. About 1.3% of schoolchildren are foreigners, mostly from Brazil, Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, and the USA. A total of 62 countries are represented in Uruguayan schools. Immigration to Uruguay Immigration to Uruguay started with the arrival of Spanish settlers during the Colonial Period to what was then known as "Banda Oriental". The immigration to Uruguay is very similar, if not the same, towards the