¡Evita!

Hello from Buenos Aires!

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May 25th 2006
Hello from Argentina...hello from Buenos Aires! Another quick note...Well now that the 'longest day' is behind me I feel such relief! Flying from Cape Town to Buenos Aires (via Frankfurt...?!) was a solid 27 hours in the air...not to mention all the extra hours waiting at the airport for connections and other travel time...but I made it. Arrival into the city went pretty smooth except the town its ... 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