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Cutting to the Chase: Sex Talk with ‘Dr. K’

Cutting to the Chase: Sex Talk with ‘Dr. K’

Dr. Juan Carlos Kusnetzoff has written so many books about sex, he can’t even remember, “20, maybe 30, it’s too many to count!” His aim is to educate a “sexually illiterate” Argentina.

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Sharing More Than Just the Dance Floor

Sharing More Than Just the Dance Floor

What better way to break the ice than show a perfect stranger your underwear? Fiesta Piso Compartido could be for you if your Spanish chat-up lines are not going so well…

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Thank You for Choosing God, Inc.

Thank You for Choosing God, Inc.

It’s healing message draws millions of followers, but Brazilian church group “Iglesia Universal” is also accused of fraud, money laundering and charlatanism. Eric Murray investigates.

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Dancers for Hire: Foreigners Rent Porteños

Dancers for Hire: Foreigners Rent Porteños

Foreigners coming to dance tango in Buenos Aires can sidestep the confusing codes and rituals at a milonga by hiring their very own ‘taxi dancer’.

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Ayahuasca: The Art and Science of Illumination

Ayahuasca: The Art and Science of Illumination

Ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew made from an Amazonian vine and used in tribal ceremonies, is becoming increasingly popular among tourists. James Rittenour investigates.

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After Office Parties and Their Cheating Ways

After Office Parties and Their Cheating Ways

The concept of an ‘after office’ is nothing alien to most foreigners, although in Argentina some say it is the acceptable side of a strange phenomenon: ‘Día de las Trampas’.

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Fiesta Bubamara: Unza Unza Time!

Fiesta Bubamara: Unza Unza Time!

When was the last time that you were standing alone minding your own business and a perfect stranger skipped up to you, linked arms and swung you around in a jubilant do-si-do? If it’s been a while, since grade school perhaps, you need to head over to Fiesta Bubamara: ditch your cool at the door, cut loose, and get your Balkan-tinged rollick on.

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No Big Secret: Fiesta Clandestina

No Big Secret: Fiesta Clandestina

It’s called Fiesta Clandestina, but it’s about as clandestine as an elephant on the subte. Publicity posters have been papering the walls of Buenos Aires for a while – recognisable by the man with an afro holding a finger up to his lips. There is also a Facebook group to ensure that if you join or show any sign of “liking” anything, you’ll know about every Fiesta Clandestina to come for the next few months.

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Lights, Camera, Action…

Lights, Camera, Action…

Wandering around San Telmo on a Sunday afternoon it has become more and more likely that it is not just the famous market you will stumble across, but a line of catering and costume vehicles all supporting a bustling film crew. Increasingly, advertising, television and film production is happening on the streets of Buenos Aires

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Le Merval: The Only Safe Place to Mix Stocks and Booze

Le Merval: The Only Safe Place to Mix Stocks and Booze

The traders line up in front of the screens, money in hand, anxiously waiting to see which way the volatile market is going to swing next. Earlier in the day, margaritas were in freefall and Corona hit rock bottom. Now it looks like the bubble is about to burst for fernet and coke. Le Merval is a Microcentro concept bar based on the workings of a stock market: the prices of all drinks fluctuate according to demand.

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