PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY

MONTEVIDEO AND BUENOS AIRES

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February 18th 2012
It turned from cold to hot in the blink of an eye. The resident lecturer on board, Terry Breen, has recently moved to Uruguay and it was great to listen to her talks about her newly adopted homeland. She loves the place and her enthusiasm for Montevideo is infectious. Sitting on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, Montevideo has always been a maritime community. It ... 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