Montevideo

Montevideo

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January 29th 2016
Geo: -34.8939, -56.1568Montevideo (capital of Uruguay) today - it was hot early and when we woke up the ship was already docked. From the harbour it looked very built up and industrial, and is obviously a very busy port - there was lots to watch - all sorts of ships coming and going, loads of stacked containers waiting to be loaded on the quayside and our ship had offloaded its rubbish which was ... 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