the girls

Buenos Aires - Part 3

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October 23rd 2008
EMILIANO, THE NEIGHBOR’S LITTLE BOY The kid who lives just behind my house is a total crack-up. He does things that are very adult-like. His name is Emiliano and he’s twelve. I’ve talked about him before. He has a mild to moderate case of Down’s Syndrome, and he lives with his mother and grandmother, plus his pretty sister of 17. Tonight I was having dinner with them, and he had us al ... 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