Pristine Seas first visited Uruguay in March 2021 to conduct an expedition in partnership with Uruguay’s National Navy into the deep water reef systems along the continental shelf located 100 miles offshore.

Source: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2023/06/08/uruguay-commits-to-establish-a-new-marine-protected-area-around-isla-de-lobos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uruguay-commits-to-establish-a-new-marine-protected-area-around-isla-de-lobos

“The film deals with a subject that questions us all: How the love we receive in our childhood conditions our affective bonds in adulthood,” says Virginia Bogliolo, who produces at Uruguay’s Tarkiofilm, alongside Juan Álvarez Neme of Argentina’s Un Puma.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/film/festivals/san-sebastian-co-production-forum-1235695447/

When the vessel was damaged in one of the first major naval battles of World War II, its commander scuttled the ship in the Plata River shortly after stopping at Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/17/world/americas/uruguay-nazi-eagle-dove.html