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Canada, as a developed nation, has been actively involved in providing foreign aid to developing countries around the world. According to the World Giving Index, Canada ranked as the eighth most charitable country, allocating approximately $6.4 billion equivalent to 0.27% of its Gross national income In 2021-2022, Canada’s Peace and Stabilization Operations Program provided $138.9 million to promote peace and stability in fragile and conflict-affected states including Ukraine, Cameroon, Colombia, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Iraq, Mali, Myanmar, and South Sudan. Canada has also supported the provision of high-quality, specialized peace operations training and capacity building that incorporates gender equality.

Canada provides foreign aid is to help alleviate poverty in developing countries. By providing financial assistance, development projects, and educational programs, Canada aims to improve the living conditions of people living in poverty and help them become self-sufficient. This can ultimately lead to economic growth and stability in these countries, which can benefit not only the recipients of aid but also the global community as a whole. Canada’s funding has supported more than 1,800 women’s rights organizations that are promoting gender equality and advancing the rights of women and girls.

Another important aspect of Canada's foreign aid is humanitarian assistance. Canada provides emergency relief in times of natural disasters, conflicts, and other crises. This aid can include things like food, shelter, medical supplies, and clean water to help those affected by such events.

Canada also provides foreign aid to promote human rights and democracy in developing countries. By supporting programs that focus on promoting good governance, gender equality, and civil liberties, Canada aims to create a more just and equal world. Through these efforts, Canada hopes to empower individuals and communities to have a voice in their own governance and improve their quality of life.

In addition to providing foreign aid for humanitarian and development purposes, Canada also uses foreign aid as a tool for diplomatic relations as it does with his peacekeeping efforts. By building strong partnerships with other countries through aid programs. Foreign aid can also help Canada advance its own interests and values by fostering positive relationships with other nations.

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 km2. It has a population of around 3.4 million, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.

The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter-gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people. At the same time, there were also other tribes, such as the Guaraní and the Chaná, when the Portuguese first established Colonia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans later than its neighboring countries.

The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century due to competing claims over the region, while Uruguay won its independence between 1811 and 1828, following a four-way struggle between Portugal and Spain, and later Argentina and Brazil. It remained subject to foreign influence and intervention throughout the first half of the 19th century. From the late 19th century to the early 20th century, numerous pioneering economic, labor, and social reforms were implemented, which led to the creation of a highly developed welfare state, which is why the country began to be known as "Switzerland of the Americas". However, a series of economic crises and the fight against far-left urban guerrilla warfare in the late 1960s and early 1970s culminated in the 1973 coup d'état, which established a civic-military dictatorship until 1985. Uruguay is today a democratic constitutional republic, with a president who serves as both head of state and head of government.

Uruguay is described as a "full democracy" and is very highly ranked in international measurements of government transparency, economic freedom, socially progress, gender equality, income equality, per capita income, innovation, and infrastructure. The country has fully legalized cannabis (the first country in the world to do so), as well as same-sex marriage, prostitution, and abortion. It is a United Nations, OAS, and Mercosur founding member.