The golden export

Why does the Uruguay countryside remind some travellers of Australia?

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January 29th 2011
Dear reader Did you know that Uruguay is aiming to have one million hectares of eucalyptus plantations? Apparently, nine hundred thousand hectares have already been planted - pretty close to target. The trees are planted on farms, and along roads, much as in Australia. Bee keeping is a growth industry, with some of the honey coming from eucalypt plantations – probably as delicious as Australian ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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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