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  • Shared values: Area presidency meets with former Uruguay president

    Tabaré Vázquez, former president of the Republic of Uruguay until one year ago (March 1 2005 — March 1, 2010), received a visit in his family home in Montevideo from the South America South Area Presidency on Monday, March 21.
    Published: Saturday, April 2, 2011

  • New mission presidents

    Seven new mission presidents and their wives have been called by the First Presidency. They will begin their service about July 1.
    Published: Saturday, March 6, 2010

  • Church to create eight new missions

    The First Presidency has announced plans to create eight new missions - four in the United States and four abroad - effective about the first of July.
    The four new missions in the United States are the California San Francisco, Illinois Chicago South, Nevada Las Vegas West and Texas Houston South missions. The other four are the Chile Santiago East, Honduras Comayaguela, Russia Moscow South and Uruguay Montevideo West missions.
    Published: Saturday, March 1, 1997

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