Eva (Evita) Duarte de Peron

Merry Christmas from Buenos Aires

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December 24th 2007
Merry Merry Christmas Everyone!!! I have been here just under two weeks and having the most wonderful time. I have settled in to a small hostel not too far off from the city center. The area is called Palermo and is just perfect. There is a mix of everything around every corner from shopping, to restaraunts and bars, grocery and fruit stands, specialty cake shops, banks.... you name it. I hav ... 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