José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro was a Uruguayan essayist. He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important Hispanic thinkers of that time, Leopoldo Alas in Spain, José de la Riva-Agüero in Per
José Enrique Rodó
Monument to José Enrique Rodó in Parque Rodó
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in the Southern Cone of southeastern South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its nort
José Enrique Rodó
…José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñeyro (15 July 1871 – 1 May 1917) was a Uruguayan essayist. He cultivated an epistolary relationship with important Hispanic thinkers of that time, Leopoldo Alas (Clarín) in Spain, José de la Riva-Agüero…
Monument to four Charrúa, the Indigenous people of Uruguay, who survived the Massacre of Salsipuedes
The Portuguese first established Colonia do Sacramento in 1680.
In 1825, The oath of the Thirty-Three Orientals set in motion the process in which Uruguay gained independence from the Empire of Brazil.
In 1825, in the Battle of Sarandí, Uruguayan troops first defeated the Brazilian Empire.