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5 books about Uruguay

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April 30th 2011
Dear reader It's only 5 months now until we leave for Uruguay! Here are 5 books about Uruguay (in English) that we'd recommend to anyone wanting to learn a bit about the country on the northern shore of the River Plate and the pampas beyond: Forgotton Conquests: Rereading New World History from the Margins, by Gustavo Verdesio. 2001.Temple University Press, Philadelphia. Uruguay: ... 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