Teatro Colon

Buenos Aires

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March 18th 2016
After a final meeting in the morning it was time for me to check out of the hotel and head towards the ferry to Buenos Aires for a few days holiday before heading back to Australia. Whilst checking out I asked the hotel to book me a taxi to the port...and discovered that all taxis in Montevideo were on strike as a taxi driver had been shot in the poor area to the west of the city. The hotel ... 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