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Car manufacturing looking up for Buenos Aires

The financial crisis has been hard on Buenos Aires, but recent announcements by Ford and VW seem to herald a change in the city’s fortunes.

The financial crisis has hit cities and countries hard around the world, Buenos Aires and Argentina included. Unemployment is up by record amounts, the government, like governments across the globe, is struggling to contain a budget deficit, and international trade, on which the country so heavily relies, is down by double-digit amounts. Read more

From Jujuy to Tierra del Fuego, the Andes present marvelous contrasts: the Northwest plateaus, the lake region, the forests and glaciers in the Patagonia.

To the north, Chaco is a forested area linked to rivers Bermejo, Salado and Pilcomayo.

Between the Paraná and Uruguay rivers, the Argentine Mesopotamia (provinces of Entre Ríos, Corrientes and Misiones) is formed by low hills, where pools and marshlands evidence the ancient courses of these great rivers. In some places within the subtropical rain forest, there are fissures which provide such spectacular phenomena as the Iguazú Falls.

The Pampas, in the center of Argentina, is the largest and best-known area of plains. Agricultural and livestock activities are performed in this area, which includes the province of Buenos Aires, the northeast of La Pampa, the south of Córdoba and south of Santa Fe. To the south, the plains give way to small hills in Tandil and de la Ventana, and to the west, to the CÃrdoba hills.

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