Stories about Uruguay from April, 2008
Uruguay: Pictures of the World's Largest BBQ
Martin Balao attended and has pictures courtesy of Valentina, a reader, of the world's largest BBQ held in Uruguay. The event attracted more than 20,000 people and witnessed 12,000 kg of meat on the grill.
Uruguay: 365 versions of La Cumparsita
Three hundred and sixty five versions of one of the most famous tangoes in the world, La Cumparsita, will be played in Independence Plaza in Montevideo, which is the site where it was played for the first time 91 years ago. Café Montevideo [es] has more details.
Uruguay: Round of Poets
“In Montevideo (Uruguay), there are places where beautiful things happen, like the round of poets,” writes Sole of ¡Montevideo me mata! [es]. She writes that poet Leonardo de Mello read some of his poems on that night.
Uruguay: The World's Largest BBQ
Over 12,000 kg of meat is set to be on the barbeque, when Uruguayans aim to enter into the Guinness Book of World Records [es] at an event that will take place on April 13. They hope to top the previous record set by Mexican BBQ aficinados who grilled over...
Uruguay: Where to Find Free Wi-Fi in Montevideo
Martin Balao writes and publishes a Googlemaps mashup of where one can find free wi-fi in Montevideo, Uruguay [es].
