The Channels in Tigre

Buenos Aires

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February 17th 2010
Dana and I had a few days to explore the city before his Dad arrived. We wandered the streets to take it all in. I felt like I had gone back to the early 1950s with all the old buildings and the way many people dressed. Many old men were dressed in the outfits I remember from West-Side and even some young people had old fashioned clothes. We stayed in a beautiful old hotel with huge French doors ... 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