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BAFICI is Back Again!

Good news for all film lovers. The 16th edition of BAFICI (Buenos Aires Feria Internacional de Cine Independiente) is coming up very so back today! From April 2-13, you can enjoy a large spectrum of movies in the whole city of Buenos Aires.

The festival will be opened with the animation film of director Ari Folman, “The Congress”, with Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel. This film was made by six countries: Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, France and Belgium, and was filmed in Los Angeles, California. This makes the film the ideal opener for an international film festival. (more…)

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Buenos Aires Indie Film Fest

If you are a film lover and you want to travel to Argentina, April is the month to come. The Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Film, or BAFICI, is eleven days full of films and fun, taking place from April 2-13. The Buenos Aires Culture Department began BAFICI in 1999, making this year the 16th year. Over 300,000 filmgoers participate in the watching of more than 400 film screenings.

Argentina, along with Cuba, Mexico, and Brazil, is one of the leaders of South America cinema. 2014 holds even more Argentine world premieres than last year (more…)

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Dakar Rally 2015 to start in Buenos Aires

The 35th edition of the Paris-Dakar Rally will be a special one, especially for Argentina. The race will start and end at Plaza de Mayo, one of the most important squares of Argentina, in front of famous Casa Rosada (the house where the Argentinian president, de Kirchner, lives).

The rally will be 9,000 kilometres long and will go through Argentina, Chile and for the first time Bolivia (instead of Peru). The décor of the rally will be amazing. The Andes mountains, the Atacama desert, Solar de Uyuni, and many others.
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Argentina had its own Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

The whole world is talking about it right now, the disappearance of a state-of-the-art Boeing 777-200ER of Malaysia Airlines. On March 8, 2014 the Boeing was in route from the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China when all of the sudden the plane disappeared above the China Sea. Since then, all contact was lost and more than 12 days after this incident, the world does not know where Malaysia flight MH370 is, or what happened with it.

What many people do not know is that Argentina had a similar mystery to deal with during the sixties. (more…)

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40th edition of “Feria Internacional del Libro” in Buenos Aires

Just like every year in April and May, Buenos Aires will be the place to be for all Spanish literature lovers. From the 24th of April to the 12th of May you can go to the Buenos Aires International Book Fair to get that one book you always wanted, or a quick talk with your favourite writer.

It’s not just ‘a’ festival of books, it is the 40th edition. This means that it will be bigger than before. There will be a lot of international guests, like Juan José Campanella, Anne Marie Chartier, Eugenio Echeverría, Grazia Gotti and Luis González Martin. (more…)

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Messi supports the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games

Travelling to Argentina gives one the opportunity to learn more about some of the most popular people in the world. Lionel Messi from Argentina is one of those famous people. He is more than just the greatest soccer player in the world, he is also a large promoter of social development in children and young people.

The Municipal Government of Buenos Aires decided that Messi will be the face of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This agreement forms a greater bond between the Messi Foundation, commited to helping children (more…)

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One Year as “Our” Pope

Come to Buenos Aires, Argentina to learn Spanish and meet the hometown of Pope Francis. When one visits Buenos Aires, he or she will also learn from where our current and humble Pope came. See the culture, traditions, and scenery of this beautiful city that helped mold our current Pope into who he is. Pope Francis is a simple and serene pope; that is why there are no mass celebrations for his one year anniversary as the Pope of the Catholic Church. On his twitter account (@Pontifex) he is asking us, just like one year ago, to pray for him.

On March 13th, 2013, the Argentinian bishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the new Pope (more…)

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Sculpture Exhibit at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos AIres is hosting a new sculpture exhibit featuring Argentine sculptures from 1895 to 1914. The sollection is part of a first collection of sculptures acquired by the museum’s founder Eduardo Schiaffino.

The collection includes works by renowned local names such as Arturo Dresco, Pedro Zonza Briano, Lucio Correa Morales, Mateo Alonso, Francisco Cafferata, Víctor de Pol.

Shiaffino wanted to create a space where students and artists would be in direct contat with each other and he wanted to exhibit great works of art. (more…)

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India Festival in Buenos Aires

From November 15 till November 24 the fifth edition of the India Festival will take place at the Centro cultural Borges in Buenos Aires There will be music, handcrafts and dance. The entrance is free. Not all activities will take place at the Centro Cultural Borges; some are at other locations in the city of Buenos Aires such as the Planetarium, with demostrations of award winning artisans.

Also the popular “Bollywood” ensembles with a show new and old talented artist and many seminars are offered on, for instance, Yoga, Spirituality, Indian Cuisine, Indian Theatre (more…)