Montevideo

Into Carnaval

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February 2nd 2008
...El Clasico, The Surf at Punta, Carnaval, and a slightly delayed bus journey... Hello yet again. Latest update has arrived at last, sorry for the delay. It has been more than a week I believe, so I´ll waste no more time and crack straight on. Montevideo was my location when I last signed off if I´m not mistaken. We spent a couple more days there, however, there really was very littl ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Diablo

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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