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Why Uruguay?

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March 18th 2011
Dear Reader As I'm sure you already know, the original inhabitants of the area we know as Uruguay were hunter gatherers. The most prominent tribe was the Charrúa Indians, who were driven south by the Guaraní Indians from what is now Paraguay. The name Uruguay comes from the Guaraní language and means "river where the painted birds live". As Guapo points out, the South American Indians were ... read more

South America » Uruguay

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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