Montevideo, Uruguay 1. Welcome to Montevideo

Montevideo, Uruguay

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January 28th 2016
Thursday January 28th, 2016. Montevideo, Uruguay Montevideo is Uruguay's capital and largest city lying on Montevideo Bay on the east bank of the Río de la Plata (River Plate). Although in English it is translated as River Plate the Río de la Plata actually means River of Silver. It is not a river at all but a wide estuary created by two rivers which empty into it. Montevideo is the south ... read more

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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