National Hero of Uruguay

27 Feb 2017 – Montevideo, Uruguay

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February 27th 2017
Hello from Montevideo Uruguay. You can add another country to our list. We arrived this morning but about an hour late. The day was nice and sunny with the temperatures being a bit above average around 90 degrees. There were strong winds cutting across the channel leading into the port, so we had to spend some time in the bay waiting for the wind to subside. We were already up before we fo ... 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