Montevideo

Quick stop in Uruguay

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January 9th 2006
Leaving Buenos Aires in the summer is a very difficult task. It seems straight after New Years everyone packs a duffel bag and heads in droves to the beach. Something we hadn´t planned for. We had spent the whole day before trying to buy ferry tickets to go from Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay. It was mayhem. The ferry Terminal at 8 in the morning was absolute chaos there were ... 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