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A new capital for Argentina?

Buenos Aires could be replaced as the capital of Argentina by a city 600 miles north. Cristina Kirchner, President of Buenos Aires, is considering moving the capital to Santiago del Estero. The current capital is considered geographically remote from much of the rest of the country. Santiago del Estero, founded 455 years ago, is the oldest city and is located in the center of the country.

Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, an Argentinean writer and statesman, came up with the idea of moving the capital in the 1850s. He suggested installing government in Martin Garcia (more…)

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Terry Gilliam sued over Graffiti in ‘Zero Theorem’

The forthcoming film ´Zero Theorem´ of screenwriter Terry Gilliam, allegedly violates copyrights. Three street artists in Buenos Aires that made a big graffiti mural, called Castillo, have filed a lawsuit. The movie is about a computer hacker in search of meaning starring Matt Damon and Christoph Waltz.

Castillo was finished on December 2010 and was registered with the Copyright Office in 2013. It is a well-known and important piece of artwork in the streets of Buenos Aires. It is also one of the few graffiti’s that has survived (more…)

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Haute cuisine at affordable prices

From 1 to 14 September 2014 the Buenos Aires Food Week 2014 is taking place. It is the fourth edition of this event which gives great discounts at leading restaurants in Buenos Aires. 41 high quality restaurants participate in this event, which allows people to eat high quality food at affordable prices.

The director of the Buenos Aires Food Week states that the objective of the event is to provide access to the haute cuisine of Buenos Aires, so that people can experience good food at accessible prices.

Every participating restaurant offers three course menu´s (more…)

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Day of birth of Julio Cortázar in Buenos Aires

He was a frustrated musician and a lover of Buenos Aires. But above all, he was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Today, august 26th he would have turned 100. In 2014 not only the centenary of his birth is celebrated, but also the 30th anniversary of his death and the 50th birthday of the emergence of Hopscotch (original title Rayuela), the novel that marked an important milestone in the history of Hispanic literature.
Julio Cortázar arrived in Buenos Aires in 1918 from Brussels when she was just four years. Together with his sister Ophelia and his mother Maria Herminia Descotte he settled in the village of Banfield (more…)

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Remembering Jorge Luis Borges On His Birthday

Born on the 24th of august in 1899 in Buenos Aires Jorge Luis Borges became one of the most unique literary figures of the twentieth century.

He was the master of the short story. Borges wrote tales of Argentina’s criminal underground and created fictional worlds that captured his wonder with the concept of infinitude. In his poems he writes about the unique culture and traditions of Buenos Aires, where he lived until his death in 1986. 

Many see it as an injustice that one of Latin America’s greatest writers (more…)

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Cleaning operation grafitti subways

Three young men who illegally decorated subways in Buenos Aires with their graffiti have participated in a cleaning operation. The goal of this action was to promote awareness to protect public transport and at the same time discourage vandalism.

The actions follow upon two previous cases. In June two adults and a juvenile were arrested.  They were caught with aerosols violating access to a subway station. Also in May a young man who spray painted a car did volunteer work to repair the damage. (more…)

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The sad story of the last polar bear in Argentina

Arturo is the name of a famous 29 year old polar bear that lives in the Argentinean Mendoza Zoo.

Arturo was born in 1985 in a zoo in Colorado in the United States. He lived here until they decided to move him in 1993 to Buenos Aires to keep company to a female polar bear Pelula. But Pelula died in 2012 and since then Arturo lives alone and, according to many people, depressed.

And now he is already making the news for months because animal right campaigners are criticizing the conditions he is living in at the zoo (more…)

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AMIA Attack in Buenos Aires 20 years later

The AMIA attack was a bombing on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) in Buenos Aires on July the 18th 1994 that killed 85 people and left hundreds injured. The bombing is known as the deadliest in Argentinean history.

The case has been characterized by incompetence and accusations of cover-ups. In 2005, two Argentinean prosecutors officially accused the Iranian government of directing the attack and the Hezbollah of carrying it out.

Now exactly 20 years later, Thomas Saieg, the vice president of the AMIA, requires the government a new trial (more…)

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Buenos Aires: the best city for dating

Looking for love or a place to spend time with your partner? Buenos Aires is your destination!

BBC Travel has named Buenos Aires as one of the world’s best cities for dating. This nomination  is based on several lists of The Travel Channel, Travel and Leisure, and Conde Nast Traveler, who aim that  Buenos Aires has all the aspects to be one of the best spots to find your love or impress your him/her with an unforgettable date.

As everyone knows, Buenos Aires is also called the city of Tango, what happens to be an incredibly sensual dance. (more…)