samericahol (8301)

Montevideo

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March 7th 2011
Wednesday 26th January Montevideo, Uruguay The ship docked very close to this nice peninsula with it's mixture of old and new towns. Tiled pathways and Spanish looking buildings and several monuments, antique shops, leather and woven merchandise shops, museums and sidewalk cafes. Montevideo is home to nearly half of Uruguay's population and was quite busy on the day we went. We started our am ... 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