Currency of Uruguay issued by Banco Nacional of Buenos Aires for Provincia Oriental ("Eastern Province", i.e., Uruguay). All parties to the conflict used the Spanish dollar (Spanish "peso", Portuguese " patacão"), which circulated with a value of 8 Spanish reales or 960 Brazilian reis. Circulation consisted of coins from mints in Mexico, Potosí, Brazil, and Buenos Aires. During the turbulent period of conflict preceding independence, a considerable amount of poor-quality copper coin from both Buenos Aires and Brazil came into circulation. Peso (Patacón) = 8 Reales = 800 Centésimos de real (centavos) Onza de oro = 16 Pesos In 1828, Uruguay's currency was
Brazil national football team 2008 and Mano Menezes in 2012. The Brazil national team is known by different names in various parts of the world. Nicknames for the squad in Brazil include: "Canarinho", meaning 'Little Canary', a reference to a species of bird commonly found in Brazil that has a vivid yellow color; this phrase was popularized by the late cartoonist Fernando "Mangabeira" Pieruccetti during the 1950 World Cup. "Amarelinha" (Little Yellow One), "Seleção" (The National Squad), "Verde-amarelo" (Green and Yellow), "Pentacampeão" (Five-time Champions) and "Esquadrão de Ouro" (The Golden Squad). Some Latin American commentators often refer to the Brazil team as "El Scratch"