Telecom tower in central Montevideo.. The tallest building in South America (?) for a while!!!

The other side of colonialism

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January 7th 2008
We arrived in Montevideo at 1am yesterday (Sunday), and had a mad taxi ride to Gabriel´s appartment. Gabriel is a Uruguyan friend of Jody´s through work. Then followed two days of the grand tour of the city. Originally centred on a small peninsula, it now spreads along some amazing beaches, pity the water is a sewage brown colour! The city is a mix of old colonial buildings, half of them ren ... 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