La Boca

La Boca

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November 20th 2006
Today I started Spanish lessons and have met some really great people. This afternoon we went on a trip to La Boca, which is a barrio near the port. La Boca is a very poor area originally inhabited by Italian immigrants. Apparently they speak a dialect that is a mixture of Spanish and Italian - as if trying to understand spanish isn´t bad enough! The residents of La Boca were so poor that t ... 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