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Montevideo, Uruguay

February 15th 2009
Our first port came on day two of the cruise in Montevideo, Uruguay. It was a tight squeeze for our large ship at the small pier. It was a beautiful warm sunny day. Montevideo is the largest city, the capital and chief port of Uruguay with a population around 1.3 million. The epicenter of Montevideo's cultural “life” is located in the so-called Old City, a place where the past and the present ... read more
South America » Uruguay » District of Montevideo » Montevideo

Uruguayan Flag 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
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