October elections...? Time to fix up the city...!

Like every city government most everywhere in the world, when elections roll around, Buenos Aires starts fixing up the streets and sprucing up the parks. Message: See how well we take care of our residents and don't forget it when you go to the polls!


Production, Tourism and Sustainable Development
Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Recovery of Green Spaces
Parque Centenario
Remodeling and improving the value of Parque Centenario
You want to take care of where we live
We are doing it today

The good news is that Buenos Aires, despite the 17m folks living in the greater metro area, has a number of really terrific parks and open spaces to be proud of.

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Parque Centenario


Work underway at Parque los Andes


Plaza 25 de Agosto

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The Ohrid Wine and Cheese Festival

Ohrid, Macedonia
July 30 and 31, 2005

A happy weekend on Lake Ohrid in the Balkans, only a 30-minute drive from the Albanian border and a short 3-hour drive from Kosovo.

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Nothing about prisoner abuse and torture.



Only a boy fishing on the promenade by the lake.

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Nothing about a spiraling death toll in Iraq.



Just a chance to sample great wine.

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Nothing about genocide in Darfur.



Just a chance to taste some really good cheese.

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Nothing about demonizing gays.



But maybe some motorized parasailing in a bright, blue sky.

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No sign of a world leader shaking his fist at the rest of the world.



Celebrating instead the traditions of Macedonian folk dance.

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Definitely a good use of our time on this earth.

Wouldn't you agree?

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