Palacio Salvo and Plaza Independencia

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November 3rd 2010
Most people don’t really look at Uruguay as much of a travel destination, which I didn’t realize until about 3 weeks before my trip. I was in Barns & Noble trying to find a tour book for the country but I was struggling… The closest thing that I could find was a book for Argentina that, under the title in smaller font, it said “and Uruguay”. After a little more research, I found a Lon ... 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