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Looking Back...(2/5) El Hipodromo

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December 22nd 2006
Looking Back... (2/5) El Hipodromo Horses represent a key element of the Argentinean culture: from polo, horse racing to pampas work, horses are omnipresent in Argentina. In the urban areas, they will be mounted by rich polo players sprinting on immense fields and ridden by jockey on the hippodrome track. But in the region outside the Federal District of Buenos Aires, they will be essent ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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