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Tuesday, 16 November
Hide the Children! The Superclasico is today[The Argentina Independent]
“What is the Superclásico?” you ask? Well if you do then it means that you are probably a football hater. Or a woman. Because it turns out that today is the day that the country comes to a full stop (...
mar del sur: boulevard atlantic hotel[line of sight]
After finishing the Conquest of the Desert in 1878, the Argentine upper class began to develop all the land forcefully taken from the indigenous population. An extensive coastline, lined with p...
Escapada: Record Year for Argentina Tourism[InvestBA.com]
A record number of foreign visitors have spent over US$3 billion in Argentina so far this year. 5,000,000 . That’s the number of foreign visitors Argentina’s Ministry of Tourism...
Swarms of Flies?[Discover Buenos Aires]
Can someone please explain the swarms of flies that seem to like to hang out under building balconies and entryways? I’ve never seen anything like it before, but over and over I’ve n...
A dedo [Verb]: By thumb, hitchhiking[South America on a budget]
Bought to you by Dodgy Planet – a scabs guide. Hitchhiking is more than a way to avoid transportation expenses while surrendering to chance. ‘Thumbing it’ is also a guaranteed way to...
Monday, 15 November
Porteño of the Week[Wander Argentina]
Geoffrey Hickman Owner/Walrus Books Age: 40-something Resides: Palermo • Why did you guys decide to open your bookshop in San Telmo? We live in Palermo...
Seeking Safer Solutions: Abortion Rights[The Argentina Independent]
An estimated 40% of pregnancies in Argentina end in abortion. Helen Morgan investigates a sensitive and divisive subject in a country where abortion continues to be illegal.
Measuring Argentina’s True Inflation Rate[The Argentine Post]
Inflation abounds in Argentina. You see it at the supermarket, in the shopping malls, at the corner kiosk and on the menus of your favorite restaurants. Compare the cost of a taxi today with what it.....
Friday, 12 November
Buenos Aires Night Life: Pick-Up Strategies Compared[LandingPadBA]
This is not some anthropological study, nor is it meant to be a representation of all men here in Buenos Aires or in the U.S.. However, I’ve been in Buenos Aires for 3 months now and like any tw...
Ola Pirata: First Software & DVDs…Now Books[InvestBA.com]
Pirates of the Carranza: C5N found quality copies of Inception and Robin Hood on the street for 10 pesos. Paul McCartney finished his second of two sold-out Buenos Aires concerts last n...
Dealing with Argentine Services[Discover Buenos Aires]
During my original “temporary” Buenos Aires stay, I really didn’t have to deal too much with the Argentine service companies – phone, cable, etc. I just left that up to my l...
Thursday, 11 November
I left my teeth in Argentina[Señor Suitcase]
My dentist is going to be a very rich man. The past week of our Patagonian adventure has seen us visit Bariloche (the capital of chocolate) and El Bolson (the basecamp of beer). When you add t...
Keeping it tight[South America on a budget]
Our quest for refining ‘tight-ass’ while travelling has reached a new level of willing scabbiness. For three months happily farming our way around Argentina we’ve managed to spend cl...
Tuesday, 09 November
Emilio Massera, Leader of Brutal Argentine Junta, Dies at 85[NY Times]
Emilio Massera, a leader of the military junta of Argentina’s bloody dictatorship and the former head of the country’s most notorious political prison, where an estimated 5,000 people were tortured and killed, died here on Monday.
Street art in Buenos Aires[Washington Post]
In the past decade, the walls of Argentina's capital have become the collective canvas for a boom in street art -- works meant to beautify public places.
Kirchner death shakes up Peronism in Argentina[Reuters]
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has lost her husband and closest adviser, but his death may give her a political opportunity by throwing rivals off balance less than a year from the next election.
Hide the Children! The Superclasico is today[The Argentina Independent]
“What is the Superclásico?” you ask? Well if you do then it means that you are probably a football hater. Or a woman. Because it turns out that today is the day that the country comes to a full stop (...
mar del sur: boulevard atlantic hotel[line of sight]
After finishing the Conquest of the Desert in 1878, the Argentine upper class began to develop all the land forcefully taken from the indigenous population. An extensive coastline, lined with p...
Escapada: Record Year for Argentina Tourism[InvestBA.com]
A record number of foreign visitors have spent over US$3 billion in Argentina so far this year. 5,000,000 . That’s the number of foreign visitors Argentina’s Ministry of Tourism...
Swarms of Flies?[Discover Buenos Aires]
Can someone please explain the swarms of flies that seem to like to hang out under building balconies and entryways? I’ve never seen anything like it before, but over and over I’ve n...
A dedo [Verb]: By thumb, hitchhiking[South America on a budget]
Bought to you by Dodgy Planet – a scabs guide. Hitchhiking is more than a way to avoid transportation expenses while surrendering to chance. ‘Thumbing it’ is also a guaranteed way to...
Monday, 15 November
Porteño of the Week[Wander Argentina]
Geoffrey Hickman Owner/Walrus Books Age: 40-something Resides: Palermo • Why did you guys decide to open your bookshop in San Telmo? We live in Palermo...
Seeking Safer Solutions: Abortion Rights[The Argentina Independent]
An estimated 40% of pregnancies in Argentina end in abortion. Helen Morgan investigates a sensitive and divisive subject in a country where abortion continues to be illegal.
Measuring Argentina’s True Inflation Rate[The Argentine Post]
Inflation abounds in Argentina. You see it at the supermarket, in the shopping malls, at the corner kiosk and on the menus of your favorite restaurants. Compare the cost of a taxi today with what it.....
Friday, 12 November
Buenos Aires Night Life: Pick-Up Strategies Compared[LandingPadBA]
This is not some anthropological study, nor is it meant to be a representation of all men here in Buenos Aires or in the U.S.. However, I’ve been in Buenos Aires for 3 months now and like any tw...
Ola Pirata: First Software & DVDs…Now Books[InvestBA.com]
Pirates of the Carranza: C5N found quality copies of Inception and Robin Hood on the street for 10 pesos. Paul McCartney finished his second of two sold-out Buenos Aires concerts last n...
Dealing with Argentine Services[Discover Buenos Aires]
During my original “temporary” Buenos Aires stay, I really didn’t have to deal too much with the Argentine service companies – phone, cable, etc. I just left that up to my l...
Thursday, 11 November
I left my teeth in Argentina[Señor Suitcase]
My dentist is going to be a very rich man. The past week of our Patagonian adventure has seen us visit Bariloche (the capital of chocolate) and El Bolson (the basecamp of beer). When you add t...
Keeping it tight[South America on a budget]
Our quest for refining ‘tight-ass’ while travelling has reached a new level of willing scabbiness. For three months happily farming our way around Argentina we’ve managed to spend cl...
Tuesday, 09 November
Emilio Massera, Leader of Brutal Argentine Junta, Dies at 85[NY Times]
Emilio Massera, a leader of the military junta of Argentina’s bloody dictatorship and the former head of the country’s most notorious political prison, where an estimated 5,000 people were tortured and killed, died here on Monday.
Street art in Buenos Aires[Washington Post]
In the past decade, the walls of Argentina's capital have become the collective canvas for a boom in street art -- works meant to beautify public places.
Kirchner death shakes up Peronism in Argentina[Reuters]
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has lost her husband and closest adviser, but his death may give her a political opportunity by throwing rivals off balance less than a year from the next election.
