Name: Father Facundo Sebastián Risso Parish Vicar, Maria Madre de la Esperanza Age: 39 Lives: Villa 20 • At what age did you decide you want to dedicate your life to religion? When I was 16 years old my brother died in a fatal accident. I don’t come from a […]
Archives for October 2015
Foto of the Week: Campora Prematurely Celebrates a Win
A group from the La Cámpora political youth group celebrate on election day, 2015 before the votes were completely counted. Although their chants celebrate Juan Domingo Péron, Néstor Kirchner and outgoing President Cristina Kirchner, they were celebrating a presumed win by Daniel Scioli. In Argentina 45% of the vote — or least 40% with a […]
Mataderos Fair: A Gaucho Market on the Outskirts of Buenos Aires
Just outside the capital, only a few blocks away from where the city ends and the province of Buenos Aires begins, rural culture comes alive at the weekly Feria de Mataderos. Argentine cowboys known as gauchos show off their horsemanship, dancers and musicians cavort to Argentine folk tunes, and food stands offer various regional dishes. […]
Ghosts of the Buenos Aires Subway
Line A of the Buenos Aires Subte, completed in 1913, is the oldest subway line in South America and according to the city’s folklore, its most haunted. Even though the elegant century-old cars were replaced in 2013, the spooky tunnels still lend themselves to ghost stories. The Phantom Workers of Line A Blood has been […]
