List of state-owned enterprises of Uruguay

Uruguay had the first welfare state of Latin America under the presidency of José Batlle y Ordoñez in 1904. Government-owned corporations monopolize services such as electricity (UTE), land-line communications (Antel) and water (OSE). Antel competes with private corporations in the cell-phone lines and international telephony markets. In 1992, under the presidency of Luis Alberto Lacalle, the government attempted to privatize all its companies, following the neoliberal Washington Consensus. However, a referendum won by 75% of the population kept the companies in the hands of the government. By the end of his term, president Lacalle alleged that he had achieved a successful modernization of the companies, which had made them more efficient.

State-owned companies in Uruguay are generically known as Entes Autónomos y Servicios Descentralizados:


 * ANCAP
 * ANTEL
 * Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay
 * Banco de Previsión Social
 * Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay
 * Central Bank of Uruguay
 * Obras Sanitarias del Estado
 * PLUNA
 * SODRE
 * State Railways Administration of Uruguay
 * University of the Republic
 * UTE