Each year on 7th August pilgrims flock to the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Liniers to queue for hours to worship one of Argentina’s most highly-celebrated saints: San Cayetano.

Sam Mustafa talks to the founders of Acentos Perdidos, a grassroots campaign that aims to correct Spanish language where accents are missing in public, from road signs to political propaganda.

From 4th-17th November, Buenos Aires is hosting the third annual Indian festival that comes to the city each year in order to expose the culture of India to Argentines.

On The Day of Indigenous Resistance in Venezuela, thousands of people gather on El Sorte mountain. They come to summon the spirit of María Lionza, the country’s most prominent folk hero, and a host of other historical deities in a series of bloody rites.

On The Day of Indigenous Resistance in Venezuela, thousands of people gather on El Sorte mountain and summon the spirits of historical deities in a series of bloody healing rites.

On 25th May 2010, Argentina will mark 200 years since the 1810 May Revolution. That date commemorates the movement that led to Argentina breaking away from imperial Spain, as before that date Argentina, along with neighbours Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay were all part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish colony. But what exactly are they celebrating?

During the bicentenary celebrations, one exhibition in particular catches the eye. Displayed prominently in the Casa Rosada, the seat of the Argentine government, is a selection of photographs and paintings of people who either played an important part in achieving or establishing independence or, in the past 200 years, have contributed in making Argentina the country it is today.

You’re at an asado talking politics with an Argentine. They then make reference to a certain former president by the wrong name. Perhaps they said Menen or Mendez. Funny you think to yourself, and begin to ask “Don’t you mean Mene-?” when a hush comes over the table, forks freeze in mid air, even the chorizos sizzling on the grill seem to stare at you. Finish that sentence and that asado might just be your last.

“Hundreds of stalwart, hard-working men and women, young and not-so-young, who year in and year out give unselfishly of their time and their resources to help create in one or other of a dozen different ways the funds that are essential for the Argentine-British Community in Argentina.”

They have come from all over Argentina. Some have even come from parts of Paraguay and Brazil. They have come with their spouses and children, aging parents and grandparents. They have come alone, leaving their families behind. They have brought tents, blankets, lawn chairs, guitars, portable barbeques, charcoal, snacks, and foam coolers. They have brought nothing but themselves. Most importantly they bring well-loved statues – whether small or as large as their torsos – of the man whom they have travelled to thank, remember, and ask of; the homegrown saint of Argentina, Antonio ‘Gauchito’ Gil.