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Tacuarembo, Uruguay

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March 31st 2009
Tacuarembo is a quiet, traditional, gaucho farm town in northern Uruguay which also happens to be the birthplace of the lengendary Tango singer Carlos Gardel. Chrissy and I were on our way to the Pangea Estancia to work as ranch hands. We enjoyed the pleasant little town for 4 days and got to know the owners of all 3 local restraunts and its only internet cafe very well! We were later informed ... read more

South America » Uruguay » North » Tacuarembó

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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