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Boca Juniors win their 25th Argentine soccer league title

On Sunday 1 November, the Boca Juniors won their 25th Argentine soccer league title when they won with 1-0 against Tigre. The match was played at La Bombonera, home of the Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires.

The team, coached by Rodolfo Arruabarrena, needed a win to secure the soccer title without having to depend on other results. In the 42nd minute, defender Fabian Monzon scored the winning goal with a header from a corner. (more…)

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Bollatage: Macri vs Scioli

On 25 October Argentina went to vote for their new president. Opinion polls suggested that Scioli would win the first round, but after a surprisingly strong performance by Macri, the people of Argentina have to vote again on the 22nd of November.

Scioli ended up with 36,86% of all the votes, while Macri ended up with 34,33% of the votes. To win the presidency in the first round, a person should have 45% of the votes or between 40% and 45% and a 10% lead over the nearest rival. (more…)

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Argentina’s Movie The Clan on the shortlist for the Oscars

Argentina’s Movie The Clan (originally El Clan) has been chosen to represent Argentina in the category of foreign-language movies at the Oscars. This does not come as a surprise, as it broke records during the first weeks of its premier. With almost 2,5 million tickets sold, the movie turned into the second most grossing Argentine movie all time. The most grossing Argentine movie still is Wild Tales from director Damián Szifrón.

It is a film by Pablo Trapero and is based on a true story about the Puccio family. (more…)

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What happened to the top of the obelisk?

The Buenos Aires Obelisk, one of Buenos Aires most popular symbols, appeared without its top last weekend. A lot of people were flabbergasted and speculating about it on social media. Although most of them thought thought the top was cut off, it is not. It is all an optical illusion. The top is covered with mirrors so as it seems that the top is not there. A fake top was placed in front of the Museum of Latin-American Art in Buenos Aires (MALBA).

It is a part of an art project by Leandro Erlich. The work is called “La democracia del símbolo”. (more…)

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University of Buenos Aires ranked as best university of Latin-America

The University of Buenos Aires, or UBA, is ranked the best university of Latin-America. The study was done worldwide and included 891 universities. Out of these 891 universities, UBA was ranked 124th. UBA ended up better than last year, when it was ranked 198tb worldwide.

The university of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina. UBA consist out of 13 departments, 10 museums and 6 hospitals. It is a public university and therefor open and free for everyone (including foreigners). (more…)

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The Buenos Aires Food Week 2015

The Buenos Aires Food Week started 15 September. During this event Buenos Aires’ best restaurants will serve lunch and/or dinner at a promotional price.

The Buenos Aires Food Week lasts 2 weeks and will be held from 15 September to 28 September. Approximately 40 restaurants, spread out through the city, participate in this event. If you want to know exactly what restaurants participate, check out the website: www.bafoodweek.com.

There are fixed prices for lunch, which will be 150 pesos, as well as for dinner, which will be 250 pesos. (more…)

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Argentina pledges to return 4,000 Archeological Artifacts to Peru and Ecuador

The Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced that Argentina plans to return archeological artefacts to their South American neighbors including Peru and Ecuador. She commented at the ceremony that she is doing something special and wants to encourage other countries to do the same:

“It is an honor and a pleasure to restore the cultural wealth of countries such as Ecuador and Peru in a world where such wealth has so often been taken away”.
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Ni Una Menos, against women violence

Yesterday at 5PM, there was a big demonstration at the Congreso on Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires! This demonstration was held against gender violence and in particular violence against women and girls. The main gathering was In Buenos Aires, however, in many other cities across Argentina the BA demonstration was supported with smaller crowds.
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The celebration of the May Revolution in Buenos Aires

On the 25th of May Argentina celebrates the May Revolution. This year more than 40 different communities came together to celebrate this big day in Parque de los Patricios. Approximately 30.000 people participated and visited the event with 80 different stands from different countries represented in the city of Buenos Aires. People could taste and enjoy their typical food and drinks.

The festivities started with a beautiful parade of antique cars from el Rosedal in Palermo to Parque de los Patricios in which almost 40 cars participated. (more…)