Lives Less Ordinary
Lives Less Ordinary
BBC World Service
Love in the time of revolution, part 2
36 minutes Posted Dec 25, 2023 at 12:30 am.
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Pepe and Lucía: the bonfire of young love, a long separation, and rise to presidency.

The guerrilla lovers finally meet and fall for each other, but their joy is shortlived, they’re soon arrested again – and this time there won’t be any escape. Uruguay’s military coup means that the couple are separated by 13 years of brutal detention. When they’re granted amnesty, they find their way back to each other, and enter the political fray, all the way up to the presidency.

Presenter: Andrea Kennedy

Producer: Louise Morris
Dubbing by Fede di Lorenzo and Elizabeth Rhodes

Clips courtesy of Euro News, RDTV, France 24 and SBS.