A Year in Uruguay

Sunday, February 08, 2026

Las Llamadas 2026

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  We are back in Montevideo for a few weeks and it's Carnaval season.   20 years ago, we saw the llamadas from a balcony , those tickets...
Friday, April 07, 2023

Argentine pesos

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  We are in Buenos Aires now, enjoying great food, interesting museums, and big city life.  At the moment, Argentina is much cheaper than Ur...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Carnaval a de Pie

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  I enjoyed the carnaval show so much on Thursday night, that I went back on Saturday.  This time I bought my ticket at the Teatro de Verano...

Carnaval 2023

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Carnaval is one of my favorite parts of Uruguay.  The costumes, the music, the drumming, and the dancing are almost overwhelming.   When we ...
Thursday, March 02, 2023

Return to Montevideo

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 It’s been nearly 15 years since I was in Uruguay and I am back for a short visit this month. Our flight connected through Panamá City and w...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Murga on NPR

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National Public Radio ran a short story this evening on Uruguay's carnaval, " Carnaval In Uruguay: Choir Competitions In The Street...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

The Invisible Mountain

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The Invisible Mountain Carolina de Robertis 2009 "There were strange things about this city. Amethysts used as doorstops, leather used...
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Saturday, April 03, 2010

More Uruguay resources

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Many of the Uruguay blogs I'd been reading have ended as expats moved from the country. Recently, I've been following Ola Uruguay ...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Gaucho music

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Here's a video from an evening of música folclórica in homage to a gaucho poet. The performance was held in the Cabildo de Montevideo ...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Parque Rodó

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Here's a belated video from my last trip to Uruguay. My earlier videos from the park are here and here . To me, the improvement in Yo...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Uruguay in the news

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Bon Appétit has a travel feature on Punta del Este in their August issue. It features short reviews of several restaurants and as well as ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Uruguayan jazz vocalist on public radio

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Our friend Maria Noel Taranto will be featured on the " Jazz Inspired " radio show on public radio stations across the US and Cana...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Carnaval exhibit in Kalamazoo

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I have an exhibit of photos from Montevideo's carnaval at my college's art gallery for the last two weeks in February. If you'...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Uruguayan microbrew

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One thing I missed when I lived in Montevideo was the complex flavor of craft beers. I didn't have any complaints about Pilsen or Patri...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Uruguay blog

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I've been meaning to recommend A Small State of Mind for some time. It's written by Benjamin Gedan, a Fulbright scholar and journa...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Monte de Ombúes

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After staying in Cabo Polonio this July, we visited the nearby Monte de Ombúes. An ombú is a native tree closely associated with gaucho c...
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Chuck Stull
I teach economics at Kalamazoo College. My wife is also an economist. We were on sabbatical in Europe for the 2014-15 academic year. (Salamanca, Spain, followed by Oxford, UK.) We were in Uruguay for the 2006-7 academic year.
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