December 10, 2015 - Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri entered the “Casa Rosada” today, bringing an end to 12 years of leftist “kirchnerismo” rule and ushering in, supporters hope, an era of economic liberalization and foreign investment. Macri’s narrow victory last month over establishment candidate Daniel Scioli has largely been attributed to economic concerns. With unofficial inflation …
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Subte Stories explores Buenos Aires’ lesser-known subte stops and the neighbourhoods they are found in, scoping out local stories and the best on offer within four blocks or less. This week we retrace the steps of one of Argentine literature’s most innovative and controversial characters, on the E Line in Caballito. [Spoiler Alert: contains plot …
Like anyone preparing for a trip overseas, I’d scoured the local bookstore’s travel section for anything even remotely related to my destination. If the Travel Channel had sent one of its many bubbly and eccentric hosts to Argentina, I dropped what I was doing and turned up the volume. This mental preparation always begins months …
Qué quilombo – if you’ve been in Argentina long enough, chances are you’ve heard this phrase used by many a frustrated local. The subte is packed to overflowing? Qué quilombo. Can’t cut across the Plaza de Mayo because of another protest? Qué quilombo. Translated loosely as “what a mess” and formerly used pejoratively to mean …
La Boca at once both attracts and repels. On one hand it is celebrated as one of Buenos Aires’ least changed barrios, stubbornly retaining its wayward charm; on the other it is maligned for its crime, pollution, and violence. Porteños will roll their eyes at camera-toting tourists hailing cabs for El Caminito, the neighbourhood’s iconic, …
Chris Barrett 
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