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What’s $2 pesos to you at Easter?

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April 21st 2011
Dear reader How come the dollar sign used to denote the peso uruguayo and what could a Uruguayan coin possibly have to do with Easter? The current Uruguay currency was adopted in 1993 and subdivided into 100 centésimos. As far back as the 1770s, the dollar sign was used in business correspondence between the British, Americans, Canadians, and Mexicans in reference to the Spanish- ... 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