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    The "pink house" is the presidential house, but we were told the current president prefers elsewhere
    The stones are left from people who lost loved ones to Covid and include death dates.Tomb of San Martin in the cathedral that Pope Francis was from.Excuse the shadow...this is the symbol of the grandmas of the missing 30,000

    Buenos Aires Snapshots

    May 17 in Argentina ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F

    Buenos Aires is a huge city, so we just scratched the surface today, starting with the Plaza de Mayo where the city protests. Key to this plaza is the “abuelas” (the grandmothers) who during the dictatorship 40 years ago kept questioning the disappearance of 30,000 of their sons, daughters and grandchildren.

    We had the opportunity to hear firsthand from a grandson of a citizen who likely helped the dictatorship “disappear” people from his university and made a documentary of his experience.

    We chose to get some steps in the afternoon visiting a reserve along the river and port in the city. There were lots of people out enjoying a relatively warm fall day.    Read more