White sand, brown water

Montevideo: A tale of one city

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April 20th 2007
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... though not necessarily in that order. I had really only come to Montevideo to duck into the Brazilian consultate to arrange my visa, but I foolishly hadn't factored in the 'fatneck time premium' one must consider when dealing with bureaucratic pencil pushers and paper shufflers. Thankfully, the visa processing time was only two working days, ... read more

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more