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The history of Uruguay is muddy and turbulent. I don't propose to unravel it here. However, I can make a few key points in contrast to the patriotized view.
Uruguay doesn't take a starring role in the patriotized view of US foreign policy. However, the patriotized view does suggest that the US was highly "isolationist" prior to Pearl Harbor in 1941. It doesn't entertain the idea of the US intimidating small countries by shows of its nuclear strength. Of course it insists that the US abhors and does not support torture and terrorism. And it certainly does not allow the US to disseminate disinformation in an attempt to subvert elections and the democratic process.
However, breaking out of the patriotized worldview we see that the US landed marines in Montevideo in 1855, 1858, and 1868, counter to the isolationist myth.
In 1947 nuclear bombers attended the inauguration of the Uruguayan president. Perhaps the message was "Yes, you have a president, but who is really in charge of whether you live or die?"
In the 1960s and early 1970s the repressive right-wing government was trying to put down growing leftist unrest. Various US agencies inside Uruguay including the CIA and USAID's Office of Public Safety, and outside Uruguay including the International Police Services school and the School of the Americas trained Uruguayan police in torture and terrorism (bombing, etc.), funded it, and took part in it directly. Under US tutelage, Uruguay became notorious as one of the highest users of torture in the world.
The US also engaged in propaganda to subvert demonstrations and elections.
By 1973 the military took over with US support until some semblance of democracy was attained in 1985.