Buenos Aires

She must either stay with her drunk, abusive father, or move to a foreign country with a man she doesn’t know anything about. Eveline made the correct decision to stay because she has a familial duty to her father, and her lack of knowledge about Buenos Ayres and Frank. First, Eveline has an obligation to take care of her father. When Eveline’s mother was on her deathbed, Eveline promised her mother that she would take care of her father and “keep the home together as long as she could”…

American composer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born on April 11, 1916 in Buenos Aires and died June 25, 1983 at the age of 67 in Geneva Switzerland. He was half Catalan and half Italian. Ginastera started his composing career when he was only 18 years old and won first place in a contest for the piano. He studied music at the Conservatorio Williams and the National Conservatory, both in Buenos Aires. Ginastera later co-founded the League of Composers in Buenos Aires. He put his music…

close to 15 million residents, Buenos Aires is one of the largest cities in South America, and is rapidly becoming a center for international business and pleasure. In 2001, the peso, previously tied to the U.S. dollar, was devalued, and since then, foreigners have streamed into the now-affordable country. The allure of the city often persuades many visitors to stay for longer periods of time, which generally requires some income. And now, to find a job in Buenos Aires as an English-speaker.…

Women organized a group, Madres de Plaza de Mayo, and marched every Thursday afternoon at half past three, for 30 years, on the Plaza de Mayo, a major square in Buenos Aires. Many of the Disappeared women were pregnant when they were taken; babies who were born in captivity were often adopted by families of the junta. The grandmothers searched for this next generation many of lost children. Based on the book ‘’to date, they've located more than 80 grandchildren’’. The Madres de Plaza de Mayo…

the main cities of Argentina, the tourists are mainly considered to be business travelers. The hotels that range between four to five point stars in Buenos Aires, had a solution to offer cheaper rates to local travelers in the area, and providing close amounts or lesser dollar prices for foreigners to the country. Another reason is that Buenos Aires in Argentina is very…

Madres De La Plaza De Mayo The Madres De La Plaza De Mayo is a movement that really stands out in all of Argentina. The movement was made in Argentina, mothers would gather in the Plaza of Buenos Aires to protest for their missing children. The women got together on April 20th 1977 in the central of Buenos Aires. Women were angered because the government did nothing to help their missing children. There was a mess in Argentina a "dirty war" was taken place from 1976 to 1986. During the years…

The Congressional Electoral System The House of Deputies is composed of representatives directly elected by the people of the provinces, and of the City of Buenos Aires (Capital City). They are considered by the Constitution as constituencies of a single state, and by simple plurality of votes. The number of representatives is determined after each census (currently 257), and Congress can increase but not decrease the basis indicated for each deputy (33,000 inhabitants). Deputies hold office for…

Argentina, the world’s eighteenth largest country headed by President Mauricio Macri, is one of such diversity and beauty from the rural lands covered with vast mountains and deserts to the bustling metropolis of Buenos Aires with the growing surge of life. A nation with such a vast territory, stretching over 2.8 million square kilometers, is bound to face challenges regarding the security of its borders and the nation as a whole. Since becoming a paramount member in the year 1945, Argentina has…

ruling. By the early 20th century, Argentina had already become dominated by an alliance of the local ruling classes based on two factors, first, the ranching and grain growing in the pampas, and second the import-export and financial sectors in Buenos Aires, which supported the agrarian economy. These local fractions…

Atlantic Ocean and span to several cities including Mar La Plata, Bahia Blanca, and Buenos Aires which is a given considering it is the country’s capital. Buenos Aires also has diverse bus and subway systems that allow quick and efficient forms of travel from one part of the city to another. Out of the 1,359 airports that are also located through Argentina, only 142 are properly paved—two of which are located in Buenos Aires. In terms of global communication, there are only twenty cellphones for…