Tango at Plaza Dorrego

Buenos Aires

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January 28th 2009
I spent five incredible days in Buenos Aires. I stayed with my friend Ariel, who I met in Brazil, and his family. I arrived in Buenos Aires by boat from Montevideo on a Friday afternoon and was met at the boat terminal by Ariel, who then took me back to his home which is just outside of Palermo. My first night in Buenos Aires we had empanadas for dinner, then some of Ariel's friends came over a ... 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