A really gruesome statue of horses and people getting killed

Beautiful architecture.

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September 7th 2007
Our holiday is winding down and I find so is my enthusiasm for blogging. I haven't updated for ages so here is a backdated update, as much as I can remember. From Melo we caught another bus to Montevideo, this was usually about a 6 hour trip but we managed to catch a bus that broke down. It broke down about an hour from our destination and we waited for another bus to come, about a half an h ... 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