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Plaza Lezama, La Boca

Chic and flamboyant panache: Buenos Aires

March 14th 2012
The Paris of the South. A city whose name, literally translated, means ‘good atmosphere’. Envy writ large on the faces of friends who have been, or who yearn to go. Buenos Aires had a lot to do to live up to its press... …but it did. By the time we dragged ourselves away on a sunny Thursday morning, finally boarding the Truck to head south, I was starting to think of it as another one ... read more
South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

Argentine Flag 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
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