Colonia del Sacramento, Carmelo, and across the River Plate back to Buenos Aires.
July 23rd 2010 Colonia del Sacramento, in the far west of Uruguay and on the opposite bank of the River Plate from Buenos Aires, is more than just the gateway from Uruguay to Argentina. It has to rank up there as one of the prettiest towns I’ve visited. It’s one of the oldest towns in Uruguay, having been founded by the Portuguese to counter the Spanish growth in Buenos Aires. Consequently it is rich in b
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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 
