Famous monument

Uruguay III

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December 20th 2006
More site seeing, souvenir shopping, markets, beach and family time... Jos and I have hit the beach as often as possible, we are looking very brown!!!! My lovely cousin passed on some threatre tickets to a ballet production of Swan Lake at the uruguayan Opera House...An unforgettable night once AGAIN! Christmas has come and gone with a very emotional time for all of us , who knows when I´ll spe ... read more

South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

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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