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...provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and Entre Rios visibility is near zero, as black clouds from some 300 simultaneous fires cover farmlands, population centres and the highways connecting Argentina with neighboring Paraguay and Brazil. The smoke has even crossed the border to Uruguay, where the capital city of Montevideo is now hazy with Argentine smoke...
...affair came to light. For its part the Venezuelan state oil company - which has a branch in Argentina - denied any connection between itself and Antonini Wilson. However, news reports in Argentina and neighboring Uruguay claimed that Antonini Wilson's hotel bills and other expenses in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo - just across the river from Buenos Aires - had been paid for by the Venezuelan company...
...have been re-enacted from the same balconies were he once appeared before adoring crowds, and of course the obligatory commemorative stamps and coins. But Garibaldi's spirit has also returned to foreign shores, with a concert in Staten Island, New York, and celebrations in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo and the Brazilian town of, well, Garibaldi. But in case anyone thought this was just dusty nostalgia, it turns out that the very face of 21st century youth is a fan of the Italian. "Garibaldi is my favorite hero," said Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter movies...
...best kept secret.” This publicity comes right on the heels of a 2006 global cost of living survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting that placed Buenos Aires as the 142nd most expensive city in the world, out of 144. Montevideo and Caracas both scored higher; only Manila and Asunción were cheaper. No wonder New Yorkers are fleeing their city like rats from a sinking ship—who wouldn’t want to pay less to live a life of cultured luxury?I’m in Buenos Aires to study literature...
...They imagine Harvard guys partying “in white tuxedos, not having keggers or anything.” As Shelley and Leslie leave to pose in front of Holworthy, O’Brien’s freshman dorm, José and his wife Eliza, of Montevideo, Uruguay, stand in the Yard in contemplative silence. They’re awed by Harvard’s size. “I went to university, but ours are small—one building only,” says José, an engineer. Jimmy, a tall, hearty man in a blue windbreaker...