Even more interesting, Uruguay once had a president who looked like Elvis and he hated a political opponent so much he challenged him to a duel with pistols, which actually happened, but both of them were thankfully terrible shooters so no one died.

Balthazar Brum

Yes, I didn't notice the title of the post at first. Yes I did go look up who the president was and fell into a rabbit hole with several other presidents and started reading about the Colorado Party. No I don't have the time for this. I have to be at work in an hour and just wasted 20 minutes reading about Uruguayan politics Dx

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

We should bring back duels with paintball guns.

[–] Phantaminum@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Duels were legal here for a lot more than they should. There is a lot of stories with politicians fighting duels or trying to.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You're from Uruguay? Honestly, I know almost nothing about this country other than they have a very, very cool flag and that the land is placed in South America 🫣 the fact that there's a long history of politicians dueling is kinda metal/nutty ngl. Makes me want to delve a bit deeper into Uruguayan culture and history. There has to be some hidden gem stories in there.

[–] Phantaminum@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hey, I'm! There is a lot of political stories, like our civil war and both leaders, our origin as a nation (basically englad forced Barzil and Argentina on an agreement because was convinient for them) and a lot more. I have to say that I don't really like our flag tht much lol, I like the sun on it tho. If you would like some stories I can try to do a summary.

[–] Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 points 3 days ago

I wouldn't mind a summary, my friend! 🤗 but only if you feel up for it! It might be a good jumping off point for a newbie like me to get into Uruguayan history!