News report from BBC on the decline of the gaucho (Argentine cowboy) lifestyle in Argentina due to the increase in feedlots and profits from soya.
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It was only recently that every shop in Buenos Aires had a hand written sign declaring No Hay Monedas. No Coins. Which meant if you didn’t have exact change they weren’t going to sell you anything, as there simply weren’t enough coins in circulation. There were crazy rumours about why this had happened. Such as; the [...] I love breakfast cereal. I could eat it for every meal and every between meal snack. But my obvious affection to this wonder food doesn’t quite fit into life in Buenos Aires. When I go to the local supermarket I am dismayed by the poor range of cereal, I have a choice between either over [...] It’s mid November and it’s been 58 days since the first day of Spring. Other than a few abnormally cold days here and there, and the weekly rainfalls, the warm weather has finally arrived! The city has always seemed to be more vibrant whenever the temperature rises. Not sure if the sunlight falls differently or [...] Cycling the streets of Buenos Aires sometimes makes me feel like a bike courier in New York as I weave between cars, taxis, buses and pedestrians. At other times I feel I am on the only person alive after a nuclear explosion with no traffic and no people to be seen or heard. My courier days [...] |
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