La Rambla - Rio de la Plata

first uruguayan impressions

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April 19th 2008
On my 4th day in lovely Montevideo, I finally feel like I have (almost) gotten over the jetlag. Which is a pity, since it's actually quite nice to get up early in the morning.....but then in the evenings I feel like a party pooper. Yesterday we went to a fantastic, free, open air concert in a park, but even before the clock struck midnight, I headed home to the comforts of my bed, while everybody ... 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