on a grassy hill

Recoleta

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August 2nd 2006
Oh man, I have been bad bad bad....I started going on excersions to different parts of the city a couple of weeks ago, the first was to Boedo. I have been maintaining these excursions but haven´t been writing about them...so we are going to play a little game of "catch up". Let´s flip back some pages in my journal to.... 07.10.06 Yesterday was Independence Day here in Argentina. Th ... 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