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Learning about the dictatorship in Córdoba

Learning about the dictatorship in Córdoba

Like many (all?) countries in South America, Argentina has a pretty brutal history. Although we’d had some idea of the events of the late 1970s and early 1980s during the time of the military dictatorship, the guide on our walking tour in Buenos Aires really brought home the brutality of the regime, when he highlighted that from 1976 to 1983 up to 30,000 people were ‘disappeared’ by the military.   We were particularly struck by the stories of the estimated 500 children who…

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Starting our week in Buenos Aires

Starting our week in Buenos Aires

Argentine National Congress Buenos Aires was fun and interesting city to while away a week. There was so much to see and do there, we could have stayed much longer. Arrival Our arrival into the city felt almost like going home … it was raining! A LOT. The city is also very European looking and apart from the big light up image of Evita on one of the buildings on “the widest avenue in the world”, Avenida 9 de Julio*,…

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