Me in Montevideo!

Montevideo

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April 20th 2009
Hello, hello, Buenos Aires was simply too close to Montevideo to miss. We took a ferry and a few hours later, found ourselves in Montevideo, famous for steak, and, well, not much else! So it turns out that the city is a nice little town, built on the tourism of Argentina. The second you arrive by boat, you will be in front of dozens of cheap leather store, tourist information spots, and rest ... 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