Recoleta Cemetery

Hola Buenos Aires

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February 20th 2008
Day 115: Buenos Aires With 'the longest day ever' coming to a close, I finally got here at one in the morning and set about the rather tedious but important task of trying to trace my luggage. Even when quite dazed and confused, I was able to make myself understood in spanish when explaining what had happened, unfortunately it turned out that I couldn't actually understand a word that anyone sa ... 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