Plaza de España

Mendoza

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January 27th 2010
And finally, here we are - up to date! Mendoza (as the boozy ones of you will know all too well) is the wine region of Argentina, so we've taken advantage of that just a little bit! We went on a tour of some wineries, which was good apart from being cramped onto an oven of a minibus with a driver who didn't know where he was going. We had a Trains Planes and Automobiles moment where we went dow ... 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