Warning: Argentina May Cause Severe Aging, Part III: Malargue and Las Lenas
July 24th 2009 After all the fun in Mendoza it was time to head to Malargue, a small town about six hours south of Mendoza. On my last trip down here I had heard the Malargue area was very beautiful but because it is so far out of the way I did not go. But again, the main point of this trip was to explore areas off the beaten path. Guadalupe, whom Hernan and I met in Mendoza, also wanted to go to Malargue so she
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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 
