Jose Artigas, the national hero of Uruguay, fought in the years 1811-1820 for the creation and maintenance of an independent state on the banks of the River Plate. Dr Street's study takes Artigas as the principal figure and Uruguay as the chief stat…
Uruguay was once the most stable democracy in Latin America, but in 1973 the military seized power for the first time. Political parties did not disappear, however, even though they were made illegal. By the 1980s Uruguay's generals were anxious to…
I Uruguay, Latinamerikas tryggaste land och ett väl utbyggt välfärdssamhälle, vaknade människorna en dag 1973 till ljudet av militärstövlar. Parlamentet hade upplösts och landet hade förvandlats till en regelrätt diktatur. Den inhemska stadsgerilla…
The new democracies of the Southern Cone have publicly professed to reject and condemn the uses of the state power in various forms against citizens under military rule, thus dissociating themselves from their predecessors. And yet the experiences o…
This insightful new work analyses the attempts by Chile and Uruguay to resolve the human rights violations conflicts inherited from military dictatorships. The author focuses on how the post-transitional democratic governments dealt with demmands fo…
A brand new edition of the Argentina North and Uruguay Nelles Map, with a scale of 1:2.5 Million. It features transport systems, rail networks, physical relief mapping and distance indicators. Major tourist sites are highlighted and the high quality…
