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Eric Fichtl

Uruguay

I've never had a bad time in Uruguay.

<p>A pretty corner store, no longer in use, somewhere in western Uruguay.</p>
<p>A woman enjoys a moment of calm in the waters off Montevideo.<br /></p>
<p>Posters in Montevideo denounce current military figures for their role in the country's 1973-1985 military dictatorship: <em>These are torturers. Our memory won't forget, our dignity won't forgive.</em></p>
<p>'They flee the country, leaving 140 families in the street and 1300 customers with problems.' Popular outrage at a foreign bank's decision to pull out of Uruguay. The small flyers read 'Eurobanco destabilises the country' and 'Eurobanco fires 140 workers'.</p>