Casa Rosada

Buenos Aires

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March 17th 2009
The journey from Colonia, Uruguay to Buenos Aires (BA) was very easy one hour boat ride and the Argenitian Immigration was on the Uruguian side which made things very easy when I reached Buenos Aires. The first thing that struck me was how busy it was here, but I think that is simply because I have not been in a big city for while. I was in BA ten years ago for a university trip and had very li ... 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