Montevideo

I walked Las Ramblas but not with real intent

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April 13th 2009
And if you tolerate this then your children will be next. Sorry, couldn't resist. By the way, I've been sneaking in song references into my titles for a while now. If you're bored, why not try and find them all. A prize for anyone who gets them all. Oh, and for the smart Alec that says Las Ramblas are in Barcelona... well they're in Montevideo too. I've a picture that proves it. I spent a ... 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