Carolina Lopez learned early in her life a hard lesson about the instability of Argentina’s economy. It was the late 1960s. She was a grade school student living in rural Northwest Argentina. At the time, post office officials came to her school weekly to sell stamps for a savings notebook in a government program […]
Volunteer at a Buenos Aires’ Animal Shelter
Strolling through Buenos Aires, just about any day-tripper can see how much Porteños (residents of Buenos Aires) love their pets. The storefronts displaying doggie cable-knit sweaters, the dusty dog parks, and, of course, the ubiquitous dog-walkers. For over a hundred years the Sociedad Protectora de Animales Sarmiento has served to protect the stray dogs and […]
La Noche de los Museos 2017
La Noche de Los Museos is a special night for art and culture fans in Buenos Aires. The city-wide event lasts only 7 hours but is planned throughout the year. One-hundred and eighty museums open their doors to invite in the public to peruse art and see live entertainment for free every November around the 10th from […]
Argentina’s Macri Congratulates Trump on his Election
Argentine president Mauricio Macri made his first public comments on the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president the day after the upset election. At an event in the Luján district in the Buenos Aires province Macri said, “We congratulate the Americans for the election and I hope we’ll continue to work on this constructive, […]
Volunteer Experience: Carayá Monkey Reserve
The Carayá Monkey rehabilitation project situated near La Cumbre, a small town in the Córdoba Province, is the only one of its kind in Argentina. Founded by Alejandra Juarez, a strong-willed woman, who after spending many years working with the Córdoba zoo decided to open her own wildlife center and built the project from the […]
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