Plaza Independente

Mendoza, Argentina

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September 14th 2009
Just got home from Mendoza, Argentina; right across the border from Santiago (a beautiful 7 hour bus ride through the Andes). My two roommates from France and I met a girl on the bus from Mexico City; she ended up staying at our hostel and hanging out with us all weekend. Mendoza is a really small city that's super relaxed- we took siestas in the plaza everyday, hiked around the national park and ... 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