Colonia del Sacramento

My last days in Uruguay

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August 30th 2013
Minas - Cerro Mistico A few weeks ago I went exploring the Uruguayan heartland with Maria Ines - a consultant for the bank from Miami. We spent the night in Cerro Mistico, an ecological lodge with fabulous 360 degrees views. Colonia del Sacramento Founded in 1680 by Portugal, the colony was later disputed by the Spanish, who settled on the opposite bank of the river at Bueno ... read more

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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