uruguay

Uruguay

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October 12th 2007
Hey! This was a little bit of a pleasant surprise for Brendon and I as we didn't realise Uruguay was part of the trip, after leaving Iguazu we left Argentina on a night bus to Salto the bus dropped us off in the middle of nowhere at 5.30 in the morning. Whenever we have been traveling over night we always get ready for bed and put our comfies on, so there we were in the middle of nowhere, half ... 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