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Cute little birds invading the Primera División

Pitch invasions are usually not a big problem for Argentines top level football players. The stadiums have prison style barbed wire, meant to keep rowdy fans away from the field. But this time during the Primera División, even the barbed wire did not help keeping these trespassers out.

The match between Arsenal de Sarandi´s against San Lorenzo was not like a usual football match. Due to some trespassers, the kick-off was delayed for several minutes in the second half. Since the game was deadly boring (0-0), finally there was some action going on. (more…)

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‘Intruder’ wins marathon of Buenos Aires

The Argentinian Mariano Mastromarino has won the marathon of Buenos Aires last Sunday. When he passed the leading runner Julius Karinga (Kenya), after 37 kilometers, the officials were so surprised that they wanted to get him out of the competition. They saw him as an ‘intruder’ and asked him to leave the race. Later, they realized they were mistaken. Mastromarino won the marathon in a time of 2:15:28 and is the first Argentine winner since 2004. See the video of the incident here:
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Buenos Aires Street Art Meets Cardboard

Nico and Gonzalo, also known as “Buenos Aires stencil” and “GG” are two street artist in Buenos Aires. They are showing their latest work on cardboard at the Hollywood in Cambodia exhibition space this weekend.

The idea of painting on cardboard began as a kind of mistake. One day the two artists were messing around in their studio with spray cans and card left over from old boxes. They ended up selling their master pieces in a local art sale and before they knew all their work was sold. After this happened Nico and Gonzalo knew that there was a successful future waiting for them.“Carton Pintura” was born. (more…)

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Estela de Carlotto, President of Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo named as Outstanding Citizen

Estela de Carlotto has been named an Outstanding Citizen by The Latin American Association for Integration (ALADI). Estela de Carlotto is the President of the organization Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, a human rights organization with the aim to find children who disappeared during the dictatorship of Argentina from 1976 to 1986. During this dictatorship around 500 pregnant women were kidnapped and enforced to give birth in detention.

Last week Carlotto received the title in Montevideo, Uruguay. (more…)

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Columbus monument will be relocated

It has been a long discussion, but finally the decision has been made; the Columbus monument in Buenos Aires will be relocated. The statue of Christopher Columbus, now situated behind Casa Rosada, will move to Costanera Norte. With 41 votes in favor and 8 against, the decision has been made.
The monument made by the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Zocchi was given to the Argentinian community in the beginning of the 20th century. The new location of the sculpture is at a harbor. From there, Columbus will ´watch´ towards its original continent Europe.
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International Congress of Language Tourism

From 7 to 9 October, the V International Conference of Language Tourism will be held in Buenos Aires. During the conference they will discuss the value of language as a tourist, economic and cultural resource under the slogan “The Spanish, cultural diversity and tourism: alliances, tensions and challenges “. It is an initiative organized by SEA (Association of Language Centers of Argentina) and Tourism Authority for the City of Buenos. This event will take place at the Usina Art in Buenos Aires.

For the first time, Buenos Aires will host this event (more…)

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Creamfields Buenos Aires 2014

Creamfields, one of the largest electronic music festivals worldwide, will be held in Buenos Aires on Saturday November 8th 2014 at the Autodromo.

Since Buenos Aires’ first Creamfields festival in 2001 at the Hippodrome of San Isidro,(attended by around 18,000 people) the event has been growing in size and popularity. Therefore it has been moved to the Autodromo de Buenos Aires. The Autodromo has a capacity of more than 50,000 people.

The electronic music festival is one of the most eagerly anticipated dates (more…)

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Buenos Aires will host the international network Metropolis in 2015

Last July, Buenos Aires was chosen as the next city to host the Metropolis world meeting in 2015 after its sustained efforts since they joined the network. Metropolis promotes discussions of concerns and proposals for cities with more than one million inhabitants.

Metropolis provides a means by which the mayors of the largest cities in the world can formulate a statement. The World Association of Major Metropolises consists of more than 130 cities. The conferences are an opportunity for delegates – both expert and novice (more…)

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On trial for stolen babies military regime

For the first time medical staff will be tried in Argentina regarding the stolen babies during the military regime. A midwife and two doctors are charged with falsifying babies’ birth certificates. About 500 babies were stolen at birth during the 1976-83 military regime. They were given to other families that supported the regime. Biological parents were killed or disappeared. Prosecutors in Buenos Aires accuse the three of “providing essential assistance” to hide the babies’ identity and hand them over to sympathizers of the Argentine military government. The accused are now in their 80s. (more…)