Beach football

Mate

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February 8th 2009
The Argentinians have the art of relaxation down to a mate. Sometimes, this can take the form of taking a chair and sitting on it, be it on a rock ledge overlooking the Atlantic, out the front of a private barista, on a patch of grass, or even in a car park. The chairs ocupant, if male, invariably cradles his proud paunch framed by skin long deflated and cured by the assult of the sun. The wome ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Mar del Plata

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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