Dinner in Estancia

Gauchos of the Eastern Pampas

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October 25th 2008
We are going to check out the gauchos in the Eastern Pampas today. These guys were like the cowboys of our western folklore as there is quite a bit of romanticism surrounding their life and culture. In actuality it was a rather brutal existence for these ronan (a Japanese cowboy word) as they had a non conformist attitude in the first place. Made up of the runaway Spanish conquistador rank and ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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