City tour and Tango dance demonstration. Country population is 10 and 1/2 million. 1 and 1/2 million live in Montevideo. No natural resources in the country. Number 1 economic factor is cattle. They export beef and each cow has a chip implanted so meat can be traced if there’s a problem with it. They also export sturgeon caviar. Currently they have 9% unemployment and 9% inflation…. tough economic times.
Houses and cars are sold in US dollars and most people get a 25 year mortgage. Property in Montevideo is expensive…. approx $3000US dollars per square meter(about $333 per square foot), that equals approximately 333,000 dollars for a 1000 square foot home!
Now to the fun stuff! There’s an argument as to the origination of the Tango! People in Uruguay contend it started in Uruguay, the rest of the world thinks it started in Argentina. And yes, “It Takes Two to Tango”.
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