El Monumental

BA - Pushes all the right buttons

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April 25th 2009
We can't express enough what a relief it was to be met at Retiro bus terminal by the friendly face of Jose following our 51 hour journey. To date we have done our best to avoid the larger cities of South America or at least keep our length of stays in them to a minimum. Buenos Aires was the one city where we made an exception and allowed six full days to take it all in. For one thing we were keen ... 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