Maybe it’s the influence of the large agriculture industry, a legacy of ranch culture, or maybe they are just more creative than English speakers… But here in Argentina, they seem to have many more food/sex expressions than we do. Here’s your guide to talking dirty like an Argentine.

On the corner of Plaza and Olzabal in Buenos Aires there is a park hedged on two sides by the exposed brickwork of the adjoining buildings. It’s midday, overcast, and a light breeze is shaking the park’s only tree. Otherwise nothing, no one. Except for a diminutive little man standing on a crate, running a pole up and down a wall.

Meet Blu, one of the most innovative artists working on the streets today.

Boca Juniors football club from Buenos Aires are renowned for having some of the most passionate supporters in the world. Every other Sunday during the season, the concrete stands of Boca’s La Bombanera stadium reverberate in a riot of noise and colour. Now the passion of their fans has transcended the stadium, and some are taking their affection to the grave in one final act of support.

The streets of Argentina’s capital are filled with the barks, whines, yelps and smells of dogs. With a healthy proportion of the city’s residents occupying apartment buildings, the logistics of keeping large breeds content and healthy are sometimes problematic. It is for this reason that the sight of professional dog-walkers (paseaperros) is common on the roads and avenues of the metropolis.

In the Winter of 1972, the dictatorship of Lanusse was slowly losing its grip on power, and protests by left-wing organizations, trade unionists and students were becoming more and more frequent. The calls for elections and a return to democracy were getting louder. Under this backdrop a daring prison escape by political prisoners took place, after which the country would never be the same.

In the sprawling Parque 3 Febrero, by day, you will find families walking, laughing, feeding the ducks, splashing around on boat rides and strolling through the rose gardens. By night the park hosts a far more shady enterprise: transgender prostitution.

By Tom Croasdell
On the night of Monday 6th August 2007, Gonzalo Acro, accompanied by a friend, were approached by three men on a street in Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, whilst walking home from the gym. The trio opened fire, and left the pair for dead on the pavement.
Three days later, a spokesman at the Pirovano [...]

In January Carnaval seems almost to land in Gualeguaychú – flooding this greyish city in a sea of visitors and incandescent feathery flesh which then lifts off again sometime in early March. These days, though, Gualeguaychú is as likely to be known for its role in the standoff between Argentina and Uruguay over the construction of two paper plants on the right bank of the Rio Uruguay.

What did Elvis Presley have to do with the military dictatorship in Argentina, infamous for disappearing over 30,000 people in brutal fashion?