One of many vintage cars in Colonia.

Uruguay

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December 13th 2006
Hi Folks Will have to fill in all the gaps for you when I get home. There´s far too much to write about and just not enough time, so I´ll just give you a quick summary of events to keep you posted. We decided to take a ferry from BA over to Colonia in Uruguay. We hadn´t planned this but several people had told us it was worth doing and I´m so glad we took their advice. When we got there we f ... 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