View from Brazil (2)

Iguazu Falls and half a day in Brazil

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December 13th 2007
We spent two days 'oop north' (as they say in Argentina) on the borders with Brazil and Paraguay, at the Iguazu Falls. We were going to bore you with statistics about how much water falls over the edge(s), how high they are, etc etc but we thought we'd just stick the pictures up instead. Suffice to say that viewing the waterfalls from afar (in Brazil) and anear (in Argentina) were fantastic si ... read more

South America » Argentina » Misiones » Iguazú National Park

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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