Plaza de Mayo

Buenos Aires - San Telmo

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February 13th 2007
OK, Buenos Aires is an amazing place to visit. The first thing we noticed when we got there was the striking contrast between BA and Lima, from where we had just come. All the poverty and half finished infrastructure of Lima is either very well hidden in BA or just not there. San Telmo was our favorite area and was the area where our hostel was for our first week in BA. Cobbled streets lined with ... 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