Colombia Attractions and Nightlife
Attractions Medellin Medellín, Colombia’s second largest city, lies in a narrow valley in the middle mountain range at an altitude of 3300 m. The industrial city made headlines for the…
Category: South America
Uruguay Attractions and Nightlife
Attractions Colonia Suiza (“Swiss Colony”), west of Montevideo, can be reached by hydrofoil. The old town is worth seeing. Other beach resorts such as Atlántida, Piriápolis and the fishing port…
Venezuela Attractions
Caracas The Venezuelan capital lies in a long, narrow valley 16 km from the coast. In addition to numerous modern buildings, there are still preserved old town parts such as San…
Ecuador Attractions
The Andean Cities The Pan-American Highway, which runs through the major Andean cities, traverses the country from north to south. Tulcán is the northernmost of these cities and the center…
Argentina History Part 5
Lengthy negotiations with Great Britain led to the “Andes Agreement” in February 1948 (or Andes, from the English transatlantic which then arrived in the first post-war voyage), which involves exchanges of…
Argentina History Part 4
But Perón’s greatest concern was to ensure the implementation of his vast projects of social improvement and economic, political and military strengthening of the country. To this end, he first…
Argentina History Part 3
Meanwhile, the intervention of the Grupo de Oficiales Unidos was preparing a new twist; with 24 February the presidential functions were exercised by gen. E. Farrel, former Minister of War; but Ramírez’s…
Argentina History Part 2
According to JUSTINSHOES, the conflict was more serious, when the radicals demanded the cancellation of elections in the provinces of Mendoza and Santa Fé and, failing to obtain it, resorted…
Argentina History Part 1
President Roberto Ortiz, a legalitarian conservative devoted to traditions, could not feel sympathy for anti-liberal and demagogic tendencies, nor believe that he could enslave and exploit them without danger. In…
Brazil History Part 23
Fifteen months passed before the new state of affairs was finally settled. Power remained entrusted to the provisional government chaired by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca: the government made decisions of…