Bright light, big city; It may be the capital of a country crippled by debt, but Buenos Aires is a city rich in European tradition and Latin vibrancy

From: The Sunday Herald | Date: November 17, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

ARGENTINE writer Jorge Luis Borges once described his birthplace as "such an outrageous city that nobody can ever learn it". As I step on to its teeming streets, I begin to understand his words, for the very pulse of this city can be felt instantly.

This is a metropolis in which the mixed European nationalities have played out their deeply felt emotions and dreams on the neutral territory which South America provides.

Take a look in the local telephone directory, and the history of Buenos Aires is encapsulated in the wealth of names of this multi- ethnic city, a story which includes exile, ...

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