How Buenos Aires’ Industrial Ring Defines Argentine Politics
Electoral juggernaut and hotbed of discontent, the capital’s outlying cities have loomed large. Is that about to change?
This article is adapted from AQ's special report on A (Relatively) Bullish Case for Latin America BUENOS AIRES — On the popular Instagram account known as the “Walking Conurban,” a photo from the warmest winter on record in the Buenos Aires area shows a makeshift pool on a sidewalk beside a ramshackle house. In other images, symbols of Western mass culture, like Disney characters and Minions (from the 2010 film Despicable Me), appear in crude, altered form on shabby suburban streets. For its half a million followers, the Walking Conurban account celebrates the scrappy ethos of...
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