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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]
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] Blog: Day 19/20 - Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
Date: November 25th 2011
Day 19/20 - Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay What should we do today? I know lets go to Uruguay! Well let's just say it wasn't quite planned like that but almost. We had actually decided around four or five o'clock the previous day that a trip over the water may not be such a crazy idea after all. We had briefly mentioned the idea back home in the UK, but dismissed the idea out of h ... read more
Date: November 25th 2011
Day 19/20 - Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay What should we do today? I know lets go to Uruguay! Well let's just say it wasn't quite planned like that but almost. We had actually decided around four or five o'clock the previous day that a trip over the water may not be such a crazy idea after all. We had briefly mentioned the idea back home in the UK, but dismissed the idea out of h ... read more
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