Reflection

Buenos Aires

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February 2nd 2009
Massive, manic, by turns charming and frustrating, Buenos Aires is one of the world's great cities. Broad boulevards, a great deal of neoclassical architecture, high-rise offices, dangerous barrios: it's all here and all superlatives apply. Florida Street, a pedestrian shopping street so dense with people it's impossible to walk down it in a straight line during the day, or at a steady pace. Aveni ... 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