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political graffitti

(casa=house, cama=bed, you can get the rest!) On the side of a column in the collonade of Plaza de Maya... I was there on a thursday afternoon and saw the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo marching in protest for their sons and relatives that 'disappeared' in the Dirty War...people are much more active in politics and protest over here.
Buenos Aires baby!

August 20th 2006
The plane touched down in BA thursday morning, 16 hours after leaving the sniffer dogs and scary policemen with big black guns at Heathrow. Trust me to fly on the day people were planning on blowing up all the planes from london! Still I made it to Argentina without incident, nicely full after 3 (surprisingly tasty) British Airways meals. And I'm proud to say my backpack weighed just 14.6kg! Go ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

Argentine Flag 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
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