Alejandro ‘Pechito’ Ferreiro, Buenos Aires’ most recognizable homeless person has died. The 40 year-old man lived next to the entrance of a Banco Frances at Scalabrini Ortiz and Santa Fe in the well-off Palermo neighborhood for 12 years. There, he etched out a personalized living space on the sidewalk, complete with a mattress, lounge … Read more
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 … Read more
The Third Annual Buenos Aires Chile Cook-Off is set to take place on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16. The event attracts hundreds of food lovers looking for a little spice in their life and is a chance to meet new people, gorge on chili and help raise funds for a good cause. Chili, or chile … Read more
Argentina is becoming an affordable destination for foreigners again, due to government currency controls causing an insatiable appetite for black market dollars. Argentineans purchase dollars on the black market as a way to save in a more stable currency than the inflation-prone Argentine peso. Citizens are only allowed to purchase small quantities of dollars from … Read more
Church bells rang in Buenos Aires as the new pope, former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, was inaugurated in the Vatican City on Tuesday. The aftermath of the March 13 selection announcement and Tuesday’s inaugural mass of the first South American Pope sparked lively debate both in Argentina and around the … Read more