Stories about Argentina from July, 2007
Argentina: Pre-conceived Stereotypes of Buenos Aires
Line of Sight writes about the perceptions that many tourists have of Buenos Aires upon their arrival. Some visit shantytowns looking for a “more real” city, while others have idealistic visions in mind.
Argentina: Concern Over Animal Deaths Due to Flooding
Roberto Vico writes in Grito Argentino regarding the recent animal deaths due to the heavy flooding in the Santa Fe province.
Argentina: Australian Tourist Cleaning Up
Pablo Beca of Un Lugar [ES] is embarrassed with the news story of an Australian tourist dismayed at the state of cleanliness of a local plaza and who went out to purchase brooms in order to clean up a plaza in the city of Tucumán.
Argentina: Newest eBlog Podcast
eBlog [ES] releases its 36th program of the Radio eBlog podcast, which includes discussions on the passing of Roberto “El Negro” Fontanarrosa and the recent collaboration between OLPC and Intel.
Argentina: Farewell to Roberto Fontanarrosa
Mariano Amaratino of Denken Über [ES] says goodbye to Roberto “El Negro” Fontanarrosa, an Argentine cartoonist and writer.
Argentina: Bilingual Travel Blogs
The city of Buenos Aires recently launched a Buenos Aires travel blog calledViajá Buenos Aires [ES] and its english language companion Traveling Buenos Aires.
Argentina: Site for Unfiltered Candidate Information
Fabio announces the launching of a wiki-like project, which has been several years in the making, and seeks to create a space where Argentine voters can obtain unfiltered information about political candidates.
Argentina: Using Facebook to Cater to Tourists
Jorge Gobbi of Blog de Viajes [ES] writes about the use of Facebook in relation to the offer of apartment rental
Argentina: Reader Comments Now Allowed on La Nación Online Edition
Blog Pasa en Buenos Aires [ES] writes that the newspaper La Nación is now allowing reader comments on all of its online content, including opinion columns.
Argentina: Snowfall in Buenos Aires
Line of Sight captures images of Buenos Aires’ first snowfall, the first time in close to one hundred years. A YouTube video also has been making its rounds.
Argentina: Reoccurring Energy Crisis
Fabio.com.ar [ES] writes about the energy crisis in Argentina, and notes that this was a topic of discussion on different occasions over the past three years.
Argentina: Travel Blog in Clarin
Jorge Gobbi and his Blog de Viajes [ES] was recently featured in the Travel Supplement of the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin.
Argentina: MIT Student Has Little Faith in OLPC
Luciano Tourn of Un Argentino en MIT [ES], an Argentine attending MIT, does not think that the One Laptop Per Child will end up working.
Argentina: Homer Simpson
eBlog [ES] writes that the Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin is looking for the “Argentine Homer Simpson” and invites readers to nominate someone they may know.
