Jan 17, 2011

By Brian Berenty Guest Contributor US expat since 2000 Over the course of more than 100 years, England invested billions of dollars in Argentina. Today, Buenos Aires is a shadow of its glorious past. Argentina is like an old girlfriend who kicked you to the curb after you showered her with a fortune in diamonds, furs and expensive clothing over the course of...

Dec 31, 2010

By Dominick DalSanto Editor in Chief American Expat Since 2008 The screech of taxis sliding to a stop after jamming on their brakes, and then followed sweetly thereafter by the ever so pleasant piercing sound of them laying on the horn…wait three seconds and repeat, and there you have an average soundbite from a typical evening in downtown Buenos Aires....

Dec 21, 2010

By Dominick DalSanto Editor in Chief Buenos Aires In English.com Buenos Aires is the birthplace of Tango. And it has been said that Tango is the soul of the city, the blues is to Chicago, and Jazz to New Orleans. But here the connection between the music, and the very substance of the city runs deeper than I believe any other place on Earth. Only here do you...

Dec 12, 2010

By Dominick DalSanto Editor in Chief BuenosAiresInEnglish.com Argentina has made the front page news across the international media this month with a recently leaked secret U.S. Embassy cable sent from Buenos Aires that bluntly describes Argentina as becoming awash in drug money due to lax prosecution of organized crime. Even going so far as to accuse president...

Nov 19, 2010

Being at the airport is hardly an experience most people look forward to going through. In fact I would compare it to getting your tooth pulled at the dentist, something we do because we have to, not because we want to by any means. However on Monday, October 18, a group of people decided to ease the pain of those with the airport blues, by giving them a touch...