Downtown Salto

Colonia and Montevideo

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February 20th 2011
Well needless to say the attempts at relaxing a little more in Colonia were thrown out the window after a few Coronas and some cheesy garlic and brocoli pizza (strange eh) sitting out on the deck of a lovely little restaurant which looked right out over the river that separates uruguay from argentina. Apparently (and I could imagine) it´s an amazing spot to watch the sunset but it was still rain ... 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