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Viva la futbol!

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June 29th 2008
Seeing as South America is the place to watch football, it seemed only fitting to go to a match. It was Racing Club (the local team) vs Belgrano. It was a big match as it was the last of the season and Racing had to win to stay in the premier league whilst Belgrano had to win to move up. After a lot of persuading we managed to get a taxi to take all five of us to the Racing stadium. There ... read more

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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