Background: 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 and interference in subsequent governments was followed by a military junta that took power in 1976. Democracy returned in 1983, and numerous elections since then have underscored Argentina's progress in democratic consolidation.
May 11th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata Things are winding down but not without a ton of work and play and of course another Argentine Crisis.
I turned 25 about a mth ago but I have been slacking on my blog entries so I thought I would ... 12 photos[full story]
April 11th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata Unfortunately this entry isn't about cars but about how I became VERY if not overly proactive! This is the typical Jenn schedule ;) for those of you who don't know me I’m a complete workaholic. ... 4 photos[full story]
March 10th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata Friday Feb 22
Us district 4910 exchange students from la plata met up in the bus terminal here, and took a 4-hour and a bit bus ride to Merlo. In Merlo was the travel Agency. we waited for a few hour ... 181 photos[full story]
March 6th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata
Just wanted to make sure to add some info about the work I'm doing so that it doesn't seem like I took an 8 month vacation ;)
I work for CEP (Centro de Entrenamiento para la Producción). The ... 2 photos[full story]
February 17th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata This past Wednesday and Thursday I didn´t really do much due to the heat being absolutely unbearable.
On Friday I went to the post office, which turned out to be closed but on my way home I saw Br ... [full story]
February 10th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata
So as the title suggests I have learned the hard way that I am not American. South Americans and Central Americans are just as American as us North Americans. I was told this so many times in the ... [full story]
February 13th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata On Saturday, I got together with Paula Vivani, and we went to The Repu.(La Republica). This past week has been weird weather, raining,then hot, then cool, and all over again.
That night I went to t ... 15 photos[full story]
February 9th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata I think it´s been a sufficient amount of time for an update....
That Monday , not so long after I wrote my blog, I called The Szuluzki (or something like that) residence, a contact that Mikey found ... 39 photos[full story]
January 31st 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata
Yesterday was a hang-out day... I baked snickerdoodle cookies with Ailén, and half of them turned out burned.oops. Completely my fault on that one there... Rebekah also came over but then went home ... [full story]
January 30th 2008South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » La Plata I have written in my agenda that I got for Christmas for Tuesday, the 15th of January:
Rotary Reunion, big head, never gonna return again, and peter. I have no clue whatsoever what ¨Big Head¨ and ... [full story]
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