24-Hour Layover: Buenos Aires- msnbc.com

The Obelisk is a modern monument placed at the heart of Buenos Aires. It was built in May 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first founding of the city.

Booming Buenos Aires

Go now. That’s the key point about travel to Buenos Aires. In December of 2001, an economic crisis sent Argentina’s peso tumbling. What was once the most expensive country in Latin America was suddenly one of the cheapest, and tourists flocked in to feast on $3 filet mignon, to bargain hunt in sniffy boutiques and live large in luxury suites (paying a third of what they’d pay in any of the other great cities of the world). FULL STORY

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