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Uruguay general strike of 1973
In 1973 a coup was declared in Uruguay by the president, Juan MarĂa Bordaberry, who closed parliament and imposed direct rule from a junta of military generals. The official reason was to crush the Tupamaros, a Marxist urban guerrilla movement.
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