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Excursion #1: El Tigre

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April 3rd 2009
As a class, we have a few larger "excursions" planned for the term. The first of these was a trip to El Tigre, where many city-dwellers have little vacation "casitas" on the river banks (kind of like lakeside bungalows in New England). It was a gorgeous day - we took a nice boat ride to a restaurant on an island in the river, and afterwards made a visit to San Isidro, where we visited another feri ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tigre

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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