It was safe to say that by early 1973 the Tupamaros had been effectively destroyed as a coherent organization. The government had won, but only at the cost of destroying democracy in Uruguay and alienating large sections of the population (El Uruguayo, Latin Studies). However, military leadership pressured President Bordaberry to lengthen the state of internal war, which he did, even though the threat (Tupamaros) had already been taken care of. This allowed them room to organize a coup and seize/maintain absolute power. By June 27th, 1973, Democracy officially dies, marking the, foreseen, beginning of a military coup in Uruguay. The regime restricted freedom of the press and association, as well as political party activity. At this point, the
