Argentina - Buenos Aires & a taste of Uruguay in Colonia del Sacramento
August 5th 2008 The American Airlines flight from Mexico City to Dallas Forth Worth, in the US is slightly late taking off which is a concern as we only have 1ΒΌ hours for the connecting flight to Buenos Aires from there. After a mild panic & contradictory advice about luggage collection and security - we make it with 10 minutes to spare. We take AA again for the 10 hour (thankfully overnight) journey to South Am
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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 
