When I went close-up to the monument, I noticed that it has been renamed to the Monument Tower and door and lower walls were covered with graffitti saying that the Malvenos belong to Argentina.
Buenos Aires - the Beautiful City October 28th 2007 Sun 28th Oct:
A few from the dorm went out clubbing on Friday night... they didn´t leave intil 2:39 am and were back at 8:00. Apparently night life starts late in BA. They spent much of the next day sleepng. I was surprised to get a phone call from Jose in UK (Alicia´s husband) on Saturday morning. He hadn´t realised I changed my travel plans to be in BA earlier than anticipated, and wanted t ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more
Retired Headteacher of a London school, who, since the autumn of 2007 has travelled the countries of S. America - with the exception of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana). The first trip began in September 2007 and covered Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru; it ended in mid December with two of those months spent in Brazil and Argentina - the two largest countries. The second trip (March 1 - April 17 2009) was shorter - seven weeks- starting in Venezuela and continuing into Colombia and Ecuador, including the Galapagos Islands.
Though I had an outline ... full info