Some Buenos Aires residents are resting a little easier these days now that the city’s Metrobus along 9 de Julio was inaugurated on July 24, after six months of construction. The new rapid transit bus-only lanes divert colectivos that previously ran down the narrow streets of San Telmo, Monserrat and Microcentro along Chacabuco/Maipu and Piedras/Esmeralda […]
Archives for July 2013
‘Angelina Jolie Breast Cancer Test’ Free in Argentina
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie made history in May this year when she published an op-ed in the New York Times revealing that she had a double mastectomy and subsequent reconstructive surgery after testing positive for a BRCA gene mutation associated with high rates of breast cancer. The mainstream press hailed Jolie’s revelation as a […]