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Magellanic Penguins, Ria Deseado  
   

Magellanic Penguins, Ria Deseado

Wind and wildlife

December 17th 2011
Argentina's Patagonian coastline is not particularly renowned, to put it mildly, for its cultural wealth. For the most part, it is a windswept and desolate place dotted with plug-ugly petrol towns and gritty (the word guidebooks tend to use to make "plain awful" sound interesting) ports. There are a few notable exceptions to this rule and Ría Deseado is certainly one of them. Located south ... read more
South America » Argentina » Santa Cruz » Puerto Deseado

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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