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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 ... [read more]
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 ... [read more] Blog: Having a gaucho moment
Date: August 7th 2007
We found that due to certain buses not running every day we would have to return to Montevideo and catch a bus from there to Paso de los Toros. This meant leaving Colonia at 4:50 am. On the bus we watched as lots of police got on the same bus. We watched as they greeted each other, some got kisses and some not. In Uruguay it was a single kiss only. We wondered why some people didn't get a kiss. Be ... read more
Date: August 7th 2007
We found that due to certain buses not running every day we would have to return to Montevideo and catch a bus from there to Paso de los Toros. This meant leaving Colonia at 4:50 am. On the bus we watched as lots of police got on the same bus. We watched as they greeted each other, some got kisses and some not. In Uruguay it was a single kiss only. We wondered why some people didn't get a kiss. Be ... read more
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