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20240103 – Montevideo, Uruguay

by Ahmet98@Hotmail.com | Apr 26, 2024 | 20231201 Latin America and Antarctica - Princess Sapphire, 20240103 - Montevideo, Uruguay, Trip | 0 |

In 1984, a general strike, first after the 1973 coup, spread through the country in support of the political prisoners. The regime could not stop the strike. In 1983, a massive demonstration against fascism took place, with more than half a million people marching in Montevideo. The US-supported army denounced it as a Marxist plot.

Halk savunma yeraltı örgütleriyle savaşıyordu. Ancak ABD, halkla savaşmak için Uruguay hükümetine daha fazla teknoloji, uzman ve istihbarat gönderdi. Bir yeraltı savunma örgütü olan Tupamaros, hükümete yardım eden önde gelen yabancı isimleri kaçırdı. Adını tarihi bir halk kahramanı olan Tupac Amaru’dan alan Tupamaros, Ulusal Kurtuluş Hareketi olarak kuruldu ve emperyalizme karşı ülkelerinin bağımsızlığı için savaştı. İngiliz büyükelçisini ve Uruguay polisi için verdiği derslerde evsizleri sokaklardan kaçıran ve onlara işkence eden ABD’li işkence uzmanı Dan Mitrione’yi kaçırdılar.

20231231 – Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands)

by Ahmet98@Hotmail.com | Feb 27, 2024 | 20231201 Latin America and Antarctica - Princess Sapphire, 20231231 - Islas Malvinas - Falkland Islands, Trip | 0 |

The main island where we landed is about 300 miles (480km) west of mainland Patagonia in Argentina. There are two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands around them. The population is around 4,000, who primarily identify as English, but as we learned, there are people with many different nationalities, including Asians, who live on the islands. After the Falkland War, a referendum held in 2013 showed people wanted to continue being a “British Territory” rather than Argentina.

20231224 – Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Drake Passage, Antarctica

by Ahmet98@Hotmail.com | Jan 22, 2024 | 20231201 Latin America and Antarctica - Princess Sapphire, 20231224 – To Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina and to Antarctica, Trip | 0 |

As we approached Antarctica, the icebergs started to appear right and left. It was a mesmerizing scene. As they silently floated right and left, everyone watched in awe. Some were as big as three to four times the size of our ship. Some had penguins that used the icebergs as a free ride. Because the icebergs supply the waters with nutrients, we noticed the whales could be observed near them more.