The tomb of Eva Peron

"Just Living" in Buenos Aires

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December 18th 2008
Well I am almost at the end of my 2 weeks stay in BA and it has been fantastic! It is so nice to be able to actually “live” somewhere rather than just pass through. I have realised however that I am a terrible tourist! Throughout my life I have been to quite a lot of different places and have always known that I prefer to sit in a café/bar and people watch rather than rush around to tourist ... 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