Tango in B. Aires

Tango in buenes aires

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March 10th 2011
We have now passed through Buenes Aires twice but unwittingly both trips coincided with public holidays. This meant that shops and musuems were shut and every bank that we went to had ran out of money. We began to think that this was just a way of life in B Aires but then happily we experianced the city on a normal day when it came alive and gained a vibrancy that had been erstwhile missing. 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