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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]
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] Blog: Into the Falls
Date: December 8th 2008
We hop on the bus for a 3 hour ride to the Angkor Wat of Argentina. San Ignacio Mini is a sleepy kind of place…appropriate for the ruins of this Jesuit mission built around 1700. They arrived in the region in the late 1500’s establishing reducciones which reduced the Guarani Indians to living near the mission and working the surrounding farmlands. Bad guys from Brazil pushed this mission so ... read more
Date: December 8th 2008
We hop on the bus for a 3 hour ride to the Angkor Wat of Argentina. San Ignacio Mini is a sleepy kind of place…appropriate for the ruins of this Jesuit mission built around 1700. They arrived in the region in the late 1500’s establishing reducciones which reduced the Guarani Indians to living near the mission and working the surrounding farmlands. Bad guys from Brazil pushed this mission so ... read more
