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Here's an article that I recently wrote concerning a. whether Pres. Milei can turn around Argentina from its big economic predicament and b. the deep roots of that country's massive economic and political issues and how to solve those problems "retroactively" (that is, which point in Argentine...

On the Wikipedia page for the Argentine national cricket team (the men's one anyway), I see that the nickname for that team is Sunny Ones, much like that of the national football/soccer team is Albiceleste and that of the national rugby [union] team is Pumas. From any of your experience, is...

Why were the Sierras de Cordoba (Cordoba Hills in Anglo-Argentine lingo) more popular among Anglo-Argentine tourists and retirees in the early/mid 20th century than Mar del Plata and other beach resorts along the Buenos Aires province coast, despite being farther away from the city of Buenos...

Someone in another online forum, a white American (originally from Ohio) who has lived in Argentina for 3 years and has gone all over the country as well as in many other Latin countries, has pointed out that a white person from North America or Europe would stand out in Argentina, such that...

If Rosario had become the capital of Argentina, as was proposed (but then vetoed) in 1868, 1869, and 1873, would it have kept "Rosario" as its name or would it have changed its name (e.g. to something like "San Martin" or "Rivadavia")? Would Rosario have more people than it does in real life...

Which is a more culturally significant plant symbol of the Pampas, in Argentina and Uruguay alike - the ombú "tree" or Pampas grass (aka cortadera or hierba de las pampas)?

Here's something for counterfactual or alternate history: Once the British (under John Whitelocke) capture Buenos Aires in July 1807, they make the whole River Plate area (what they've captured up until then - Montevideo, Buenos Aires, etc.) a British protectorate. This would be a compromise...

Excluding street names, why are there many more place names in Argentina with the name of Colón (after Christopher Columbus) than Gaboto (after Sebastian Cabot)* or Magallanes (after Ferdinand Magellan)**, even though both Cabot and Magellan (but not Columbus) explored various parts of...

Given that the University of Buenos Aires is the most prestigious public university in Argentina or Uruguay, is the Universidad de la Republica in Montevideo more prestigious or less prestigious than the National Universities of La Plata and Cordoba, which are the next most prestigious public...

I notice that there are ferries just between Buenos Aires or Tigre on the Argentine side and Montevideo or Colonia or Carmelo on the Uruguayan side. At some point in the past, did anyone ever try to set up a ferry between either Magdalena or Punta Indio or San Clemente del Tuyu or Villa Gesell...

From what I understand, there have been proposals and studies for a bridge linking the Buenos Aires metropolitan area with the area in Uruguay right around Colonia in order to facilitate trade within the Mercosur region, but such a bridge has not been built yet. Is it not built yet because of...

In Argentina and Uruguay, do people use 'hispanohablante' or 'hispanoparlante' more? Or for that matter, 'castellanohablante' or 'castellanoparlante' more?

Why did Argentine license plates become centralized in 1972 (after having been issued by municipalities and/or provinces since the early 1900s)? And why has there been no letter indicating one province or another since 1995 the way it had been since 1972? I know that in countries like the US...

Do I understand that in various beach resort towns such as Miramar or Mar del Plata (in the Costa Atlantica of Buenos Aires province), Punta del Este or others on the Uruguayan coast, and Balneario Camboriu (on the coast of southern Brazil), there are a number of retirees living there especially...

Why was it specifically Punta del Este, out of all seaside resorts in Uruguay or Argentina, which became the premier resort area of the rich and famous? Because it, just like Uruguay as a whole, is located between Argentina and Brazil? (Although I know that as an exclusive resort area, there's...

When porteños go away from Buenos Aires during the summer and go to beaches, how do they choose their destinations? For example, is the Costa Atlantica of BA Province (e.g. Mar del Plata, Pinamar, Necochea) for those porteños who just want to go to the nearest beach no matter what, while the...

Just in case you were under the impression that I'm an expat living in Buenos Aires, I want to say that I'm not - I haven't even set foot in Argentina nor indeed anywhere in Latin America yet (I live in Montreal), though I'd love to go down there. Nevertheless, as I'm interested in places like...