19 September 2025 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General
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The Southern Common Market (commonly known by abbreviation Mercosur in
Spanish and Mercosul in
Portuguese ) is a
South American trade bloc established by the
Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and
Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are
Argentina ,
Bolivia ,
Brazil ,
Paraguay , and
Uruguay .
Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since 1 December 2016.
Chile ,
Colombia ,
Ecuador ,
Guyana ,
Panama ,
Peru , and
Suriname are associate countries.
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1 April 2025 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General , House of the Month , Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries
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The Teatro Colón (English: Columbus Theatre) is a historic
opera house in
Buenos Aires ,
Argentina . It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acoustics expert
Leo Beranek among leading international opera and orchestra directors, the Teatro Colón has the room with the best acoustics for opera and the second best for concerts in the world.
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5 May 2024 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General , Bon appétit
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An empanada is a type of baked or fried
turnover consisting of
pastry and
filling , common in
Spain , other
Southern European countries,
Latin American countries, and the
Philippines . The name comes from the
Spanish empanar (to bread, i.e., to coat with bread), and translates as ‘breaded’, that is, wrapped or coated in bread. They are made by folding dough over a filling, which may consist of meat, cheese, tomato, corn, or other ingredients, and then cooking the resulting turnover, either by baking or frying.
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30 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General
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Río Gallegos is the capital and largest settlement of the
Patagonian province of
Santa Cruz in
Argentina . Located in the department of
Güer Aike , it has a population of about 98,000, according to the 2010
census (
INDEC ), a 24% increase from the 79,000 in the 2001 census (INDEC). The city bears the name of the
Gallegos River , and sits on its
estuary 2,636 km (1,638 mi) south from the Argentine federal capital
Buenos Aires .
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29 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General
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Neuquén is the capital city of the
Argentine province of
Neuquén and of the
Confluencia Department , located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the
Limay and
Neuquén rivers which form the
Río Negro , making it part of the
ecoregion of Alto Valle del Río Negro. The city and surrounding area have a population of more than 340,000, making it the largest city in
Patagonia . Along with the cities of
Plottier and
Cipolletti , it is part of the
Neuquén – Plottier – Cipolletti conurbation . Founded in 1904, it is the newest provincial capital city in
Argentina .
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28 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General
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Viedma is the capital and fourth largest city of the
Río Negro Province , in northern
Patagonia ,
Argentina . The city has 80,632 inhabitants (2020), and is located on the southern margin of the
Negro River , about 30 kilometres off the
Atlantic Coast , and 960 km from the city of
Buenos Aires on the
National Route 3 .
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27 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General
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Rawson is the capital of the
Argentine province of
Chubut , in
Patagonia . It has 24,616 inhabitants in 2010, and it is the chief town of the
Rawson Department .
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26 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General , Environment , UNESCO World Heritage
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Los Glaciares National Park (
Spanish : Parque Nacional Los Glaciares) is a
federal protected area in
Santa Cruz Province ,
Argentina . The park covers an area of 726,927 ha (7,269.27 km²; 2,806.68 sq mi), making it the largest national park in the country. Established on 11 May 1937, it hosts a representative sample of
Magellanic subpolar forest and west
Patagonian steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation. In 1981, it was declared a
World Heritage Site by
UNESCO .
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25 September 2023 | Author/Destination: South America / Südamerika | Category: General , Bon voyage , Theme Weeks
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Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of
South America , governed by
Argentina and
Chile . The region comprises the southern section of the
Andes Mountains with lakes,
fjords ,
temperate rainforests , and
glaciers in the west and
deserts ,
tablelands and
steppes to the east. Patagonia is bounded by the
Pacific Ocean on the west, the
Atlantic Ocean to the east, and many bodies of water that connect them, such as the
Strait of Magellan , the
Beagle Channel , and the
Drake Passage to the south.
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