General Belgrano in Plaza Belgrano

San Salvador de Jujuy

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May 9th 2007
After a hectic (!) week at work which saw our first pay day (hoorah!!) and Russ’s debut teaching session at the airport, we headed out to San Salvador de Jujuy (often simply called Jujuy) for a brief visit. The plan was to stay the whole weekend but we didn’t leave Salta until Saturday lunchtime and we were not sufficiently impressed with the capital of the Jujuy province to justify staying b ... 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