"To the east and to the west
it’s raining and will rain
a blue flower and another 
from the jacaranda
The sky in the sidewalk 
has been drawn 
with foam and silk paper
from the jacaranda…"
(Jacaranda Song by Maria Elena Walsh)
For those who were raised in Argentina, these words bring memories of childhood, of […]

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Those who live in Argentina probably heard that sentence a hundred times. Is it true? Well… It’s not! According to the census, 5% of the population is black. That is between 1.5 to 1.8 million people! One of the reasons why you don’t see so many blacks, is because they live in suburban areas of […]

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