RELATED LINKS Uruguay: General Info Uruguay visitor's info Uruguay: "The Switzerland of the Americas" South American political events relevant to the story: Role of Che Guevara The MLN-Tupamaros Uprising United States government and its relevance to the story: USA's history of sponsoring military dictatorships Operation Condor: the massive and systematic program to control and eliminate "subversive" political elements by a collective of Latin American military dictatorships (Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) USA's sponsorship of torture training and "extraordinary rendition" The School of the Americas: The US training program for operatives of repressive governments The turning point: the capture of CIA torture training specialist Dan Mitrione by the Tupamaros rebels Dan Mitrione: the CIA torture specialist sent to train Uruguayan secret police The Tupamaros kidnap Dan Mitrione Mitrione executed when the Tupamaros' demand for the release of imprisoned guerrila fighters is not met... The after-effects of the Uruguayan government oppresion on its citizens