Colonia

Uruguay wasn't on the list but...

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December 20th 2006
18 December, Monday... Arrived Buenos Aires sometime in the morning after a super fun and long bus ride, the highlights of which included a bingo game with a bottle of wine for the first to fill their card, an A-Ha homecoming concert DVD and four other movies. Apart from waking up with pain in my legs the second night I'd say the whole idea was a roaring success and I think a 20 hour bus r ... 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