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tomorrow Uruguay

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January 26th 2006
January 24th, 2006, second day of 3 at sea, south along the coast of Uruguay, day 20 of our cruise, over 6000 nautical miles from Ft. Lauderdale. At Montevideo( means: see a mountain) we will be at latitude 35 degrees south, same as our South/North Carolina, temperature on deck this morning was in the high 70s. The days are getting longer, sunset is 2 hours later than at the Amazone. I wonder ... 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