Uruguay - your gourd of mate?

How many Uruguayan movies have you seen?

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May 22nd 2011
Dear reader Guapo ordered State of Siege, the dvd, on the internet, and last night we sat down to watch it. Now, I doubt there’s a Uruguayan who doesn’t know of this movie. But if like me you haven’t come across it yet, the film was made by the Greek director Costa-Gavras in 1972 and is set in “a Latin American country” – but really, no prizes for guessing which one – Uruguay. Yes, ... 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