San Antonio de Areco

Las Pampas

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July 20th 2007
Yesterday after class I took the bus to San Antonio de Areco, a pueblo at the edge of the pampas. I had been told I had to see it, but more than two or three hours would be . They were right. I took the bus and arrived there late afternoon. I wandered town for maybe half an hour (very little open space and a lot of adobe), and then looked for a place to have dinner, which was not an easy task. At ... 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