Colonia de Sacramento

Don´t Cry For Me...Uruguay?

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July 20th 2007
I just got back from a day trip to Uruguay, to a small town directly across Rio de la Plata from Buenos Aires called Colonia del Sacramento. After yesterday´s excursion flopped, I was hesitant to commit to another, but (a) I had already bought the ticket, and (b) I wanted the passport stamp. Anyhow, I´m glad I went because it was a great little town. I arrived around 12:30. The first stop in th ... 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