Maradona in La Bocca

A Tango Through Buenos Aires

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March 12th 2007
The locals, or “los Porteños”, of Buenos Aires energetically bridge the gap between their 2 passions: tango and football. In Australia you would think that this gap would be as impossible as getting the Canterbury Football team supporters to the opera for the night but here in Buenos Aires it is a way of life. As soon as we arrived we were introduced to “teng-goh” as people took a fre ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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