Cristina Fernández de Kirchner supporter’s head to the Plaza de Mayo at mid-afternoon in anticipation of her last presidential address and informal address to the crowd from the Casa Rosada. As the plaza began to fill with tens of thousands of people all afternoon, the president inaugurated the bust of former president Néstor Kirchner in […]
Casa Rosada Museum: A Modern Museum in the City’s 1st Fort
Just around the corner from the Plaza de Mayo is the sleek Casa Rosada Museum. This museum was built in 2010 and originally called the Bicentenary Museum to commemorate 200 years since the start of the revolution that led to Argentina’s independence. The sprawling museum is below street level, and lies on the spot where […]
The Real La Boca: Barrio of Solidarity
La Boca is a major sightseeing hot spot in Buenos Aires, but visitors rarely stay here at night. The ‘hit-and-run’ style tourism in the southern neighborhood causes some to write it off as a gimmicky tourist trap. If you peak behind the colorful façades though, La Boca is one of Buenos Aires’ most authentic barrios […]
Porteño Corner: Veteran Journalist, Jorge Raventos
Jorge Raventos Journalist Age: 67 Villa del Parque Q: You used to write for Playboy. You know in English the old quip men say is, ‘they read it for the articles.’ Yes, I worked for Playboy for a while for about three years, from 1984 or ’85 until 1988. […]