For the first time in six years, I have phone books. For the entire country, outside of Montevideo, maybe 1.5 million people. (Half the population lives in Montevideo.)
I was returning my shopping cart outside Disco, a most un-Uruguayan thing to do, and a guy with a small pile of phone books asked if I wanted one. Asked my cédula (ID) number, started talking to someone on his cell phone to verify, then hand-wrote my name on a sheet of paper.
First thing, of course: check to see if we’re in it. We’re not. Did we opt out long ago? Wouldn’t surprise me.
Are we?
Not that I can see. It’s very annoying the way it’s laid out, by departamento thenby town, but not all towns. You’re not in Atlántida, and there is no V.A. listing. There is no map showing which areas are covered by which towns, natch. I’ve found a couple of extranjeros whose first names begin with W, but little else.