Glaciar Perito Moreno

Glacial? Not this glacier!

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December 19th 2011
It seems like almost every visitor to Argentina - even those here for only a couple of weeks - makes it down to El Calafate. Considering it's three thousand driving kilometres away from Buenos Aires, with much of that through mind-numbingly featureless Patagonian steppe, you'd expect something special when you arrive. Once again, Argentina defies expectations. El Calafate - named after ... 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