What is the City of focus?
Montevideo
What recognition did it get in 2014?
%th most gay friendly
What about in 2013?
8th in Latin America on the 2013 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index
What did Zabala organize?
An expedition
What happened in 1724?
Portugese were forced to abandon the location
And who was Zabala?
Governor of Buenos Aires
From which islands did some arrive?
Canary Islands
What was one name for those folks?
Canarios
Who called them by those names?
Locals
What is the name of the early Italian settler?
Jorge Burgues.
What type of hub is the city of a larger metro area?
Commerce and higher education