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The Buenos Aires Daily Secret

The Buenos Aires Daily Secret

Jen Michalshi catches up with the folks behind Buenos Aires Daily Secret, an insider’s guide that sends e-mail subscribers a different secret about their city each day.

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Training for Europe at Boca Juniors’ Finishing School

Training for Europe at Boca Juniors’ Finishing School

Simon Willis investigates how coaches at Boca Junior’s youth team are preparing boys – many from underpriviliged backgrounds – to adapt to moving abroad and cope the pressure to succeed.

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Top 5 Ways to Ezeiza and Back

Top 5 Ways to Ezeiza and Back

Being travel savvy in Buenos Aires doesn’t just mean knowing your Guía T inside-out or know the best way to hail a cab in the rain — the cream of the crop know how to get to and from Ezeiza Airport without breaking a sweat. When the city airport closed a couple of months ago […]

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Tourism and Tango: Dream Partners or Four Left Feet?

Tourism and Tango: Dream Partners or Four Left Feet?

As the Buenos Aires Tango Festival kicks off this week, Kate Beioley wonders: is tourism helping to keep tango culture alive, or is it killing it?

Posted in Current Affairs, News From Argentina, Society, The City, TOP STORY1 Comment

The Indy Eye: BAF Week Spring Fashions

The Indy Eye: BAF Week Spring Fashions

Buenos Aires’ fashion elite were out to see the new spring/summer collections launched at last week’s BAF Week. AK Cherkis captured some of the behind-the-scenes and not-so-behind-the-scenes moments.

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The Indy Eye: The Subte Strike

The Indy Eye: The Subte Strike

The Buenos Aires Subte strike continues and traffic in Buenos Aires is a mess. This photo essay gives a glimpse into the headache.

Posted in Photoessay, The City4 Comments

Cooperative Restaurants: Embracing Community Through Shared Enterprise

Cooperative Restaurants: Embracing Community Through Shared Enterprise

Even as Buenos Aires explores its potential as a gastro destination, many visitors will miss one of the most intriguing aspects of porteño food culture: cooperative restaurants. Matthew French reports.

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Top 5 Fishmongers

Top 5 Fishmongers

When in Buenos Aires, it is good to do as the porteños do and order the renowned life-sized steak. After a couple of weeks of bife de chorizo though, you may want to consider something on the lighter side… like fish.

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Quinceañeras: The Coming-of-Age Business

Quinceañeras: The Coming-of-Age Business

Alex Glynn investigates the phenomenon of the 15th birthday, and discovers the coming-of-age ritual common in Latin societies is very much alive an well in Argentina.

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London Olympics 2012: Team Argentina’s Half-Time Report

London Olympics 2012: Team Argentina’s Half-Time Report

After the first week of the games, Grace Protopapas looks at the joys and tears experienced by team Argentina so far, with a special shout out for the first medal winner this year.

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