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This guy recognised my Stoke shirt and gave me the thumbs up thanks to our Uruguayan player.  
   

This guy recognised my Stoke shirt and gave me the thumbs up thanks to our Uruguayan player.

He shoved the meat in my face once he learned I was vegetarian. I could only laugh.
Where the world cup began

January 30th 2010
It might not look all that historic but it is. Jules Rimet called it "a temple of football" - and he should know, the World Cup was named after him! The landmark imposing grey tower is right out of a communist architects textbook. Somehow out of place and yet defining at the same time. The legendary Estadio Centenario. Eighty years ago, Uruguay hosted the first ever FIFA World Cup. Beating off co ... 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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