Uruguay in three generations

The invisible mountain, by Carolina de Robertis / Vintage Editions

The first novel of Carolina de Robertis begins as an elliptical fantasy tale. Immigrants arrive by sea and see a mountain on the coast. They found a city and and call it Montevideo (Monte-vid-eo: I see a mountain). Then, a few decades later, at the dawn of the twentieth century in the Uruguayan countryside, an Indian child is found at the top of a tree. She had been missing for weeks, given for dead and his father suspected of being the murderer.

Meeting up with… Estela, Uruguay

Estela Piriz

Second part of our meeting with Latin American bloggers: after Vania Balderrama from Bolivia, here is the interview of Estela Piriz, from Uruguay. Estela writes an interesting and exotic blog (well, I see it exotic from here but it is a relative concept !) about her city. Let’s go to Minas, Uruguay…

The old guerrillero

José Pepe Mujica

Tomorrow Uruguay will vote. And the virtually future president of Uruguay is a controversial man. All the polls indicate that José Mujica should be the next president of Uruguay. Do not rely on his perfect grandfather look: in the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the most wanted people in the country. José Mujica, alias “El Pepe”, was part of the National Liberation Movement – Tucamaros.

Latin football turns smoothly

I was late: here is the first 100% football post. The opportunity is worth: never Latin America had been so represented that during the next World Cup in South Africa. The 2002 record will be matched with seven nations: Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Costa Rica or Uruguay. I will refrain from making an analysis on the issue, but the passion for sport throughout the region,

Incentives

Flickr / Ali Brohi

The case is engulfing South America. The conflict pits Argentina against Peru, Colombia and Uruguay. The reason of this state affair ? The qualification for the World Cup. I sum up : one of the biggest nations of the football world, Argentina, is in danger.