Why Uruguay?
March 18th 2011 Dear Reader
As I'm sure you already know, the original inhabitants of the area we know as Uruguay were hunter gatherers. The most prominent tribe was the Charrúa Indians, who were driven south by the Guaraní Indians from what is now Paraguay. The name Uruguay comes from the Guaraní language and means "river where the painted birds live".
As Guapo points out, the South American Indians were
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