Background: 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 its hold throughout the government. Civilian rule was not restored until 1985. Uruguay's political and labor conditions are among the freest on the continent.
May 31st 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Hola todoas,
Here I am in San Carlos, the birth place of my mother. Diego and I were here for 4 days. It was great seeing your average Uruguayan town. I saw lots of family, I mean lots.
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March 28th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este I guess some of you may have been wondering where i've been the last few weeks and why my blogs suddenly stopped, well it was nothing to do with getting kidnapped, turns out Justin Timberlake felt thr ... 13 photos[full story]
April 2nd 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Greetings faithful readers! I am full of cocktails paid for by Daddy and therefore thought it a fabulous idea to blog!
We are currently in Punta del Este in Uruguay, it is a fairly standard beach t ... [full story]
March 15th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Uruguay…
I made a quick stop in Colonia and Punta del Este, Uruguay but the weather was cooperating!
Colinia is a quaint little town. It was beautifully situated on the coast. After ... 20 photos[full story]
March 11th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Hi, beach life is seriously draining I can tell you! Sleeping lots and finding it far too difficult to motivate myself to keep the blog up.... Anyway quickly, had great time in Ecuador, then took over ... [full story]
March 8th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Meikahan nyt kirjottelee tanne nakojaan joka paiva jotain. Tanaan oli kiistatta aika pitka paiva, joten samahan se on jotain tarinoida. Aamulla siina kahdeksan aikaan herasin teltasta ruta-1 valtatien ... [full story]
February 4th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Well, I´m really only writing this because I haven´t done one for ages. It seems I´ve gotten pretty bad at this. Ah well.
So, I finished my Spanish classes. I think I´m speaking reasonably well ... [full story]
February 3rd 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este In Punta del Este. An afternoon thunderstorm has dropped rain and the ubiquitous humidity onto this cluster of high rise hotels, condos and bling bling lining the sandy shores of Uruguay’s ... [full story]
January 28th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este Through all my travels, I have never found a place I love quite as much as Punta del Este, Uruguay. A city by the sea, it boasts a combination of luxury and simplicity; of beautiful, exclusive resorts ... 13 photos[full story]
January 9th 2008South America » Uruguay » East » Punta del Este An extra day in Uruguay due to travel connections gave us time to get to the legendary Punta Del Este, playgound of rich porteņos. Straight off the bus we dropped off bags at the first hostel we saw ... [full story]
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