The eerily guarded statue of the city's founder inside the Cathedral

Post 6 - Hello Buenos Aires !

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February 6th 2010
From my first sighting of the tallest towers of this city I have had my heart set on visiting for so long, atop the lighthouse across the river estuary in Uruguay, it is but an hour's sail across the mouth of this widest of all the world's river estuaries to the city itself - on one very hot January 4th morning, 2010.. hello Buenos Aires at last...! A taxi drops me at 1057 Rodriguez P ... 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