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The Paris of South America FOUNDED BY THE SPANISH IN 1536, BUENOS AIRES SPENT ITS FIRST FEW CENTURIES AS AN ISOLATED BACKWATER. BUT BY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, THE ARGENTINE pampas ’ ABILITY TO FEED VAST HERDS OF CATTLE COMBINED WITH NEW REFRIGERATED SHIPPING TECHNOLOGIES RESULTED IN AN ECONOMIC BOOM. LIKE A CHILD LONGING FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITS PARENTS, BUENOS AIRES HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED ITS EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS. SO WHEN THE WEALTHY CAME TO BUILD OUT THE CITY, THE ONCE DUSTY LITTLE COLONIAL TOWN EMBRACED ALL THINGS EUROPEAN, qUICKLY BECOMING THE “PARIS OF SOUTH AMERICA.” 102 E xplorations
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