Lussich later established quite cordial relations with Uruguay´s Colorado Party leaders, receiving Colorado Presidents Claudio Wílliman and Baltasar Brum as guests at Punta Ballena ("Colorado" refers to "Partido Colorado", which is Spanish for "Red Party).
The name "Playa Portezuelo", is sometimes given to describe all the long streach of the beach up to Punta Negra.
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Punta Ballena borders the resort Chihuahua to the west, it includes the Casapueblo citadel, the promontory of Punta Ballena, and the beach Playa Las Grutas to the east of it.
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Growing steadily from the 1896 opening of Antonio Lussich's Arboretum in nearby Punta Ballena, Punta del Este today hosts around one million visitors during the summertime high season (December through February).