Peñarol match!

Uruguay part 1

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March 24th 2011
We arrived in Montevideo pretty exhausted and Dario thought we had got off the plane in the wrong country, apparently the airport had changed a bit (later we were told that it was all brand new, and the old airport was next door). We went through customs etc very fast, bought some whisky for Tato at duty free and were greeted by Tato, basically family of Dario but not by blood... family friend. ... 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