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Uruguay Celebrates Independence Day

Posted 25 August 2011 19:50 GMT

Today, August 25, Uruguay is celebrating 186 years of its declaration of independence. Federico Lorenzo shares [es] today's Google doodle on the search engine's Uruguayan version, and comments on the history behind the country's independence.

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Written bySilvia Viñas

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