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Focus online: A Porteño Postcard
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Published: 19 January 2011
Professor Shauna Van Praagh, on sabbatical with Professor René Provost and their three boys, reports on life, law and (dis)order in Buenos Aires.
An Argentinian speaks to a friend and colleague in Washington, after moving back to Buenos Aires after a few years spent with his family living in the United States. “What do you miss most from here, now that you’re back home?” asks the American. “Law and Order,” comes the porteño’s reply. “Oh yes, I love that show too,” says the American. To which the Argentinian retorts, “I’m not talking about television.” ...