Uruguay

In Uruguay, swords were beaten into ploughshares—and welded back into weapons before the metal had cooled.

W. H. Koebel’s account opens in the small republic between Argentina and Brazil, where the River Plate meets the Atlantic and the land has long served as a buffer between larger powers. Uruguay’s people have endured foreign wars and civil strife, yet kept planting, trading, and building; even as cattle and railways promise new prosperity, the Colorados and Blancos cling to political loyalties held from birth. To the passing traveler, Montevideo is little more than a stop between bigger ports. What has kept this country moving through such repeated upheaval—and why has so much of its story gone unnoticed?

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