Uruguay 13

Uruguay

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November 28th 2007
We decided it was time to add a boat to our mode of transport while travelling so we hopped on one from BA to Montevideo. We spent a quiet satuarday in Montevideo where we looked around the local sights, went round the port and sampled a Saturday night in Montevideo central. Again men on horses was a popular theme throughout Montevideo. After one day and night in Montevideo which was about eno ... 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