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How Celebrities Made These South American Destinations Famous

Oasis Collections | Posted 01.21.2012 | Travel

What do Brigitte Bardot, Albert Einstein and the Rat Pack have in common? They each helped make previously unknown South American towns into popular destinations.

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PHOTOS: A Different Approach To Intimate Travel Photography

Sivan Askayo | Posted 01.11.2012 | Travel

Read More: Travel, Laundry, Voyeurism, Israel, Intimacy, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, London, Madrid, Florence, Venice, Slidepollajax, Exposure, Travel Blogs, Slideadbigshot, Travel News

This project, which was named by Phaidon "Intimacy Under the Wires" is not just about laundry. It's about places, the people in them and the role of the photographer.

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PHOTOS: A Postcard From Buenos Aires

Sivan Askayo | Posted 12.27.2011 | Travel

Read More: Palermo, Tango, Buenos Aires, Travel, San Telmo, Argentina, Street Art, Graffiti, Exposure, Travel Blogs, Slideadbigshot, Travel News

The question is no longer "Will I visit Buenos Aires" but "When will I." And when is now.

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Planes Collide In Flight, Killing 2 In Argentina

AP | Posted 11.21.2011 | World

Read More: Argentina Plane Crash, Video, Cessna 150, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Piper P-28 Dakota, Argentina Plane Collision, Mercedes Plane Crash, Gabriel Otero, World News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Two small planes collided on Monday while approaching to land at an Argentine airport, and two people died when one of the ...

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Best/Worst Brands Nov 9, 2011: Fuego in Buenos Aires

Alona Elkayam | Posted 01.09.2012 | Style

Read More: Buenos Aires, Slidefreestyle, Polo, Argentina Travel, Algadon Estates, Hotel Legado Mitico, Iguazu Falls, Style News

There are times when I plan a vacation around a curious trend or iconography that I know absolutely nothing about. With Polo in full swing in Argentin...

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PHOTOS: Buenos Aires Celebrates 20th Anniversary Pride March

Posted 01.07.2012 | Gay Voices

Read More: Argentina Gay Pride, Argentina Pride, Buenos Aires Gay Pride March, Buenos Aires Gay Pride, Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Pride, Buenos Aires Gay Pride March 2011, Gay Pride, Buenos Aires Pride 2011, Gay Voices News

This Saturday the LGBT community in Buenos Aires celebrated its 20th Anniversary Pride March, which brought tens of thousands out on the streets of th...

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Power, Grief Forged Argentine Leader's Character

AP | By MICHAEL WARREN and DEBORA REY | Posted 12.22.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Argentina, Cristina Fernandez De Kirchner, Juan Domingo Peron, Cristina Kirchner, Buenos Aires, Nestor Kirchner, Latin America, Latino Voices News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- There is a before and after to Cristina Fernandez, the combative Argentine leader likely to win a landslide re-election vic...

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PHOTOS: Among The Fashionable Deceased In Buenos Aires

Patrick McGinnis | Posted 10.14.2011 | Travel

Read More: South America, International Destinations, Cemetery, Slidepollajax, Argentina, South America Travel, Buenos Aires, Recoleta, Argentina Travel, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Argentina's economy has been a roller coaster for much of the last 75 years, and many of the families represented at Recoleta have seen better days. So have their tombs.

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PHOTOS: World Tourism Day: 12 Great Cultural Destinations

The Huffington Post | Andrew Burmon | Posted 11.27.2011 | Travel

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Quebec, Maputo, International Destinations, United Nations, Hobart, Destinations, Gotta See This, Shanghai, Jaipur, Video, Kiribati, World Tourism Day, Odessa, Un, Buenos Aires, Rennes, Mombasa, Travel News

World Tourism Day, like a lot of the "holidays" declared by the United Nations sounds like a bureaucratic invention, but by putting aside a day to cel...

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Train Slams Into Bus In Argentina

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 11.13.2011 | World

Read More: Argentina Bus, Buenos Aires Bus Train Crash, Video, Argentina Bus Train Crash, Argentina Transportation, Argentina Bus Accident, Bus Train Crash, Argentina, Buenos Aires, World News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A bus driver gambled and tried to rush across railroad tracks Tuesday despite a barrier, bells and flashing lights, se...

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Beauty and Trash: A Photo Tour of Buenos Aires (PHOTOS)

Maxine Swann | Posted 10.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Slidepollajax, The Foreigners, Travel, Buenos Aires, Books We Love, Books News

I moved to Buenos Aires in 2001, a few months before the economic crash. As I wandered the city, I was intrigued by the apparently contradictory conjunction of worlds. I

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An Outsider's Perspective on River's Relegation and Soccer in Argentina

Karina Martinez-Carter | Posted 08.29.2011 | Sports

Read More: Fútbol, Buenos Aires, River Plate, Soccer, Argentina Soccer, Argentina Soccer Riot, River Plate Boca Juniors, Soccer Argentina, Boca Juniors River Plate, River Plate Soccer, Soccer Riot Argentina, Soccer River Plate, Sports News

Even after nine months of living in Argentina, I still feel undeserving of the opportunity to choose and identify with a certain team. That zealous love for a team does not course through my veins like it does for so many Argentines.

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PHOTOS: Evita's Jewelry Found In Italy

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.22.2011 | World

Read More: Eva Peron Jewelry, Eva Peron, Juan Peron, Argentina, Italy, Spain, Buenos Aires, Good News, Eva Peron Jewels, World News

MILAN (AP) — Police in Milan have recovered jewelry said to have belonged to the late Argentine first lady Eva Peron that was stolen from a store in...

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Ripped Off and Appreciating It

Colin Barnicle | Posted 07.19.2011 | Travel

Read More: Tourism, South America, Latin America, Ripped Off, Traveling in South America, Third World, Foreign Affairs, Argentina, Travel, Buenos Aires, Tourists, Travel News

Buenos Aires resembles a South American Paris filled with gregarious people, large avenues and cafes where at least once a day, every day, especially if you're a traveling American, someone will try to rip you off. And so you learn.

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The Faithful Shopper: Top Trends for 2011

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 07.03.2011 | New York

Read More: India, 34th Street, Vogue, Brooklyn, J. Crew, Target, Elizabeth Hurley, Britain, Rei, New Jersey, Madison Avenue, Africa, Liz Hurley, Tjmaxx, Marshalls, Asia, Christian Dior, Ems, Tarun Tahiliani, Natalie Portman, Walmart, Lincoln Square, Celine, Broadway, Snowboarding, Rivington Street, Puck Building, Los Angeles, Japan, Fashion Trends, Dior, Decadestwo, Eastern Mountain Sports, Soigné Kothari, Buenos Aires, Touch, AllSaints Spitalfields, New York Fashion Week, Uk, La, South America, Hiking, Barney's, Century 21, H&M, Climbing, Valeria Smith, Kiki DeMontparnasse, East Harlem, Pop Up Shop, Hennes & Moritz, Decades Two, Greene Street, Mercer Street, Cortlandt Street, Arun Nayar, Fitness, Fifth Avenue, Long Island, Rain Africa, Rockefeller Center, Trends, Queens, Fashion Week, Skiing, Herald Square, Lady Dior, Topshop, Biking, Soigne K, TJX Cos, Midtown, Camping, Europe, 57th Street, Financial District, Uniqlo, Pop-Ups, Century21, Céline, New York News

When you visit as many stores as I do (note to accountant -- it's retail research, not shopping), you begin to see patterns and trends emerging, and New York this year is no exception.

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Big, Bad Buenos Aires

Anne Z. Cooke | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Sheraton Libertador Hotel, Buenos Aires, LAN Airlines, Tango, Buenos Aires Tourism, anne.z.cooke, Best of Buenos Aires, Travel News

Life here isn't about potholes and paychecks. It's about community.

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The Passion of a Tango-Singing Taxi Driver in Buenos Aires

Sasha Cagen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Buenos Aires, Travel, Dance, Passion, Tango, Argentina, Traveling, Travel News

Watch and listen as I get serenaded by a taxi-driving tango singer. Tango is an addictive dance, it's not only the dance, it's the music, the shoes, the personalities.

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Beatles Museum Opens In Argentina

Yahoo! News | â€“ | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Fab Four, Buenos Aires, Argentina Beatles Museum, The Beatles, Beatles Museum Argentina, Beatles Museum, Guiness Book of World Records, Buenos Aires Beatles Museum, The Fab Four, Arts News

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) -- The world's tango capital is dancing to a new beat at Latin America's first museum devoted to the Beatles, displaying items from...

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HuffPost Review: Carancho

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, Carancho Movie Review, Nine Queens, Martina Gusman, Argentina, Ricardo Darin, Buenos Aires, The Aura, The Secret in Their Eyes, Pablo Trapero, Marshall Fine Movie Reviews, Movies, Carancho, Entertainment News

Carancho has a headlong feel. It's gripping and involving while focusing squarely on one man's ability to ignore his own better instincts -- and what happens when he no longer can.

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Woman Falls 23 Stories Into A Taxi And LIVES

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Argentina Woman Falls 23 Stories, Argentina Woman Falls, Buenos Aires, 23 Story Fall, Argentina, Woman Fall 23 Stories Lands on Taxi Argentina, World News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Witnesses say they saw a woman throw herself from the 23rd story of a Buenos Aires hotel Monday and survive. The woma...

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Earthquake Shakes Argentina On New Year's Day

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck a rural area of northern Argentina Saturday morning, but its epicenter was so deep t...

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World News To Be Thankful For (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

With another Thanksgiving upon us, it's important to look beyond extravagant feasts and offer thanks for some of the global events that shape our live...

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Vanessa, Argentine Girl, Rescued From 69-Foot-Deep Well After Six Hours

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Florencio Varela, Dramatic Well Rescue, Argentina, Daniel Scioli, Dramatic Rescue, Buenos Aires, Argentine Girl Rescued, Vanessa, Video, World News

Thanks to local firefighters, an Argentine toddler emerged virtually unscathed after being trapped in a 69-foot-deep well for six hours. According t...

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STREET ART: Walking Tours Of Street Art In Argentina

curatedmag.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Tourism, Art, Curated Magazine, Arts Tour, Graffitimundo, Street Art, Graffiti, Argentina, Niche Markets, Washington Post, Buenos Aires, Marina Charles, Arts News

A burgeoning niche in the arts & culture world, street art tourism has obvious appeal. In Argentina, Graffitimundo has began offering walking tours of...

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Insider Tips for Buenos Aires

TravelSort | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Slidepollajax, Argentina, Travel, Travel Tips, Buenos Aires, Argentine, Art Galleries, Travel News

It's not so much why go to Buenos Aires as why go home! Buenos Aires is filled with people who planned on staying for a couple of months, and just nev...

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