The classroom, typically a local education centre, is equipped with a television, a DVD player, a set of television lessons, a political and physical map of Uruguay, a planisphere, primers and complementary teaching material provided by MIDES or through private donations.
"Here I am in a nation I had never heard of, couldn't pronounce and couldn't find on a map six months ago, and my remarks are being broadcast on television throughout the country, " the general marveled.