Friday, May 25, 2012

Argentinian things: Pastelitos

Seeeeee, que rico! Especiales para un día como hoy, por la fecha y por el estado del clima.

nadamejorqueotroperonista:

Cabildo. Revolución 25 de Mayo 1810.


Three countries. One picture.This is the junction of Iguazú and Paraná rivers, where three countries have their borders: Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.

Three countries. One picture.
This is the junction of Iguazú and Paraná rivers, where three countries have their borders: Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.

(Source: 5pg)

Friday, May 18, 2012 Monday, May 14, 2012
mayateraza:

Argentina’s Black Population
In 2001, a black Argentine woman attempted to board a plane to Panamá when immigration officials denied her boarding because they did not believe her passport was real. These officers, her own countrymen, told her that her Argentine passport couldn’t be hers because she is black. These immigration officers are not alone. Many Argentines have been quoted as saying, no hay negros en Argentina (there are no blacks in Argentina). I, like so many others, not only believed this to be true, but are clueless to the fact that the famous Argentine Tango music and dance had its beginnings in Afro-Argentine barrios (ghettos).
It has been well over a century since Argentina reflected the African racial ancestry in its census count, but according to the organization Africa Vive (Africa Lives), it’s been calculated that there are about 1,000,000 African descendents in Argentina. The 2010 census introduced the African ancestry survey.
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Black people have been erased from argentine history books, and African ancestry has been erased from our lives. It’s important that we remember where we come from, and like the text above says, in the 2010 census people could identify as Afro-argentinian for the first time, so I think we’re headed in the right direction.

mayateraza:

  • Argentina’s Black Population

In 2001, a black Argentine woman attempted to board a plane to Panamá when immigration officials denied her boarding because they did not believe her passport was real. These officers, her own countrymen, told her that her Argentine passport couldn’t be hers because she is black. These immigration officers are not alone. Many Argentines have been quoted as saying, no hay negros en Argentina (there are no blacks in Argentina). I, like so many others, not only believed this to be true, but are clueless to the fact that the famous Argentine Tango music and dance had its beginnings in Afro-Argentine barrios (ghettos).

It has been well over a century since Argentina reflected the African racial ancestry in its census count, but according to the organization Africa Vive (Africa Lives), it’s been calculated that there are about 1,000,000 African descendents in Argentina. The 2010 census introduced the African ancestry survey.

Read More

Black people have been erased from argentine history books, and African ancestry has been erased from our lives. It’s important that we remember where we come from, and like the text above says, in the 2010 census people could identify as Afro-argentinian for the first time, so I think we’re headed in the right direction.

Thursday, May 10, 2012
knittingwithfrida:celestisima:kblok:



Palacio de Aguas Corrientes

Uno de mis preferidos porque no sé si me gusta o no, pero no puedo dejar de mirarlo detenidamente cada vez que paso.

lo que siento cuando veo esta foto.todos los días que pasaba por este palacio. no hay palabras. 

knittingwithfrida:celestisima:kblok:

Palacio de Aguas Corrientes

Uno de mis preferidos porque no sé si me gusta o no, pero no puedo dejar de mirarlo detenidamente cada vez que paso.

lo que siento cuando veo esta foto.
todos los días que pasaba por este palacio. 
no hay palabras. 

feministhope:

mynamesjustanoose:

shortformblog:

While Obama was announcing his support for gay marriage, Argentina was formalizing rights for transgendered adults to get publicly-funded sex change operations and ID changes. Top that, America. (photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

oh shit. big thumbs up to Argentina.

Yess.

Yesssssssssssss!! This is amazing. Reason #2386423641236234 why I love my country.

feministhope:

mynamesjustanoose:

shortformblog:

While Obama was announcing his support for gay marriage, Argentina was formalizing rights for transgendered adults to get publicly-funded sex change operations and ID changes. Top that, America. (photo by Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

oh shit. big thumbs up to Argentina.

Yess.

Yesssssssssssss!! This is amazing. Reason #2386423641236234 why I love my country.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

(Source: xalangreenx)

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

sureihaveatumblog:

heartskippedabeat13:

Colectivaizeishon, a film and a book by Daniel Tunnard.

The Brit Who Took All The Buses In Buenos Aires, is a non-fiction book and documentary project in which Daniel Tunnard takes all 141 buses in the city of Buenos Aires. The book and film combine laugh-out-loud
humour, quirky historical asides and unlikely autobiographical anecdotes, and is a wonderfully evocative piece about the city of Buenos Aires.

SHUT UP.

Love it!