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Milonga Uruguaya

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June 26th 2011
Dear reader I’m using our computer and internet access to identify the ingredients that make up the Uruguayan way of life. It’s like being a chef. Ingredients can be combined in a myriad of ways – what are some of the Uruguayan combinations? Travelling virtually for eight months leading up to the real time trip I come across the milonga – a form of music and dance that preceded the tang ... 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