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On May 30 the photo exhibition "One hundred years of genocide. Uruguay and Armenians make history" will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay.  The exhibition will be displayed at the Center of Photography in Montevideo from 30 May to 26 August, Prensa Armenia reports.  

The exhibition, organized by the Municipality of Montevideo, the Centre for Photography, Armenian Cultural Association of Uruguay and the Armenian General Benevolent Union, portrays roughly one hundred years of history of the Armenian community in Uruguay, displaying photographs and historical documents provided by immigrant families.

The documents include photos, as well as materials on the Armenian Genocide, the exile and the arrival to Uruguay. "Photography is transformed into a new territory of historical and genealogical construction and struggle for the preservation of cultural memory and identity of the Armenian people," the organizers explained.

"In 1965, Uruguay was the first country (and for a long time the only one) to recognize the genocide. It took fifty years for a State to raise its voice in defense of the Armenian people and through it to defend the ideals of justice and humanization of relations in the international community." they added.

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