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Cyclists Celebrate 4 Years of Critical Mass in Buenos Aires

October 2, 2012 Leave a Comment

Bikers gather at the Obelico in Buenos Aires for Critical Mass

The streets of Buenos Aires are like any large South American city — congested, chaotic and dangerous. The familiar sounds of blaring horns, growling engines and screaming sirens reverberate down the city streets. The painted traffic lines are interpreted more like suggestions than guidelines, almost saying: ‘You can drive here if you want, but you […]

Filed Under: Life, Social Issues Tagged With: anniversary of Critical Mass, bike advocacy in Argentina, biking in Buenos Aires, critical mass in buenos aires, masa critica buenos aires

Free Concert in Support of Hospital Borda

September 10, 2012 1 Comment

Tomorrow there will be a free rock concert in support of the psychiatric hospital El Borda in the Barracas neighborhood. The headlining act will be Bersuit Vergarabat, one of Argentina’s most popular rock bands, who have long demonstrated solidarity with the patients of El Borda, often playing in hospital pajamas. The show will kick off […]

Filed Under: Social Issues Tagged With: ATE, Bersuit, el borda, free concert, Gustavo Bazterrica, hospital borda, radio colifata

Cacerolazos are Back in Buenos Aires

June 6, 2012 Leave a Comment

If there is one indisputable fact about Argentina, it’s that life is never boring here. Cacerolazos, clattery protests in which citizens take to the streets and hang out of their apartment windows while banging on pots and pans, have returned to Buenos Aires and other large cities. History Repeats Itself in Argentina Cacerolazos became emblematic […]

Filed Under: Social Issues Tagged With: argentina, buenos aires, cacerolada, cacerolazo, corruption, dollars, economy, inflation, kirchner, peso, plaza de mayo, protests

Captured ‘Outlaw Expat’ Not the 1st to Hide in Argentina

February 8, 2011 Leave a Comment

Argentina is an attractive destination for idealistic students, young entrepreneurs, wine-loving retirees and also, it seems, for ‘outlaw expats’ looking to avoid facing charges in their home countries. That was the case for Paul Merle Eischeid, who until last week held the number 15 spot on the U.S. Marshal’s Most Wanted list. Eischeid was wanted […]

Filed Under: Social Issues Tagged With: argentina, criminal, expat, Hell's Angel, international criminals in argentina, Kurt Sonnenfeld, Marshal, most wanted, outlaw, Paul Merle Eischeid, Robert Tutokey, running from the law, tuto

Stray Cats in Adoption

January 25, 2011 4 Comments

Every year during the summer months in Buenos Aires the stray animal population swells out of control. Domesticated dogs and cats find themselves on the streets for the first time, scared, disoriented, darting between cars and buses and scrounging for food. There is one cause for their terrible fate: human irresponsibility.   As the city’s […]

Filed Under: Social Issues Tagged With: abandoned, adoption, animal control, buenos aires, fireworks, gatos, kittens, strays

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