Archive for the ‘South America’ Category
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Argentina is a a country where just about anything can be found. From a sultry street tango on a bustling street in Buenos Aires to the enormous whip-cracking sound of a house-sized chunk of ice falling from a glacier in Patagonia, Argentina is a land with something for everyone. Finding ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
'In Britain, the only time someone touches you like this, they're either your other half, someone you're about to get off with, or you're being sexually molested.
Waiting at the gate to board the flight to Buenos Aires, an awful sense of disquiet creeps upon me. I'm making a huge mistake. ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
“I HAD A flight back to New York after six weeks and I just simply didn’t take it, says designer Susan Kennedy of her impromptu move from the Big Apple to Buenos Aires two years ago.
For the Sandymount girl who left Ireland just weeks after her graduation in 1995, putting ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
A former torture chamber in Buenos Aires has been preserved as a memorial to the victims of a brutal, right-wing dictatorship
Hooded, tortured, handcuffed, chained by their feet to the wall _ that's the way prisoners at the Navy Mechanical School were kept at a notorious secret detention centre during the ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
For the month of January, I am taking an intensive language course with eleven other students. In February our regular spanish classes in Buenos Aires start, and about 70 more students will arrive. This past Thursday, our professor, Jose Maria, came over for dinner. We have two professors, but Jose ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Buenos Aires, Argentina, is well known for its booming arts scene. One way to experience the creative side of the city while also getting to enjoy the beautiful weather and outdoor scenery is through the myriad works of graffiti art that adorn the various neighborhoods.
Although many people may think of ...
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Saturday, January 21st, 2012
The powdery white sand beach of the world-famous Copacabana stretches to as far as the eyes can see. Here, millions of beach lovers from around the world make their pilgrimage every year even as the waters are not fit for swimming due to the freezing, huge waves. Just across the ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Buenos Aires officially informed International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge here that it was launching a bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.
Gerardo Werthein (pictured), President of the Argentine Olympic Committee and a member of the IOC, handed a letter to Rogge here at the Winter Youth ...
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Buenos Aires - Through a loudspeaker, a violin is making a weeping sound, and two bodies are elegantly moving to the music over the Plaza Dorrego in Buenos Aires.
The air is heavy with the late summer. The asphalt is giving off heat, which is rising into the cloudless evening sky. ...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has increased its South American operations to meet the growing demand for air freight between the UAE and the carrier's global network.
Following the launch of a daily passenger service from Dubai to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires on January 3, Emirates SkyCargo ...
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