English: A rare photograph of a black gaucho, Uruguay, early 20th century. Although black gauchos were commonplace in the Brazil-Uruguay borderlands, rarely were they depicted in published images.
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El Libro del Centenario del Uruguay
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This work is in the public domain because it was published in Uruguay as anonymous or pseudonymous more than 50 years ago. Under uruguayan laws 9.739, 17.616 and its amendments: "In the anonymous and pseudonymous works, the term shall be fifty years after the work has been lawfully made available to the public, unless before the said period the author reveals his identity [...]" (details).
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