Comments on: Political Graffiti in Buenos Aires

By: jules

jules — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:50:46 +0000

Thank you very much for this article. You have really helped me on my school assignment. Cheers! -credit is given.

By: m

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:10:47 +0000

Hi! Great post.
I think I’m really late for this, but here’s my two cents anyway: I’d be, uhm, careful when referring to the 1976-1983 dictatorship as the “dirty war”. I’d use quotes at least, and here’s why: the dictatorship was called a “war” by the military (and their supporters), a war against subversion. It was a way of hiding what was really being done and making it look like there were really two equal forces fighting: the military and “subversion” (think communism during the Cold War). Ok, I think I explained it without getting too lengthy. Sorry about the possible bad english.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:57:50 +0000

this is trully a moving and amazing aricle, it is such a perfect resource for my World Issues paper, i will be sure to give you much credit!

By: stuart

stuart — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:20:22 +0000

I have just returned to the UK after living and working in Buenos Aires for most of the year. I also developed a fascination for the street art in Buenos Aires, and spent whole afternoons taking photos, and I have enjoyed your website very much. In a city that doesn’t preserve heritage in the same way as the more economically developed western cities, street art provides the perfect means to explore the historical and political development of this incredible city. If you haven’t been, I can certainly recommend wandering the streets of Barracas towards the Riachuelo, from Yrigoyen station extending south. There are wonderful displays of street art in that area. well done on an interesting site, i hope you carry it on.

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:27:13 +0000

In relation to the image:

Repression
Kidnapping
Torture
Assassination

I thought the two words either side of the car were also pertinent to the image.

‘AYER’ and ‘HOY’

or ‘yesterday’ and ‘today’

Afraid I can’t work out what the word underneath is.

Great blog, just reminding me how I told myself I’d be back out travelling by now.

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By: Antonio

Antonio — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:20:43 +0000

Hi there! It’s funny to see that one of my favourite urban blogs is now being written from Buenos Aires, my own city.

Since you requested it, here goes my contribution for the grafitti translaton.

Nunca m?°s! / Never Again! : “Nunca M?°s” is the title of the report that compiled and documented human rights violations during our last dictatorship. (http://www.nuncamas.org/index2.htm -in english-)

Al servicio de la impunidad/ At the service of impunity: Mocking the Argentinian Federal Police (PFA) motto “Al servicio de la comunidad / At the service of community”. During the dictatorship days, the police routinely abducted and “disapperaed” people. The stencil shows a police officer, not one of the generals.

Represi??n – Secuestro… / Repression – Kidnapping… : Notice that around the car (a Ford falcon) it reads: “Ayer Hoy PFA”, meaning: ” Yesterday Today P(olic??a) F(ederal) A(rgentina)”. The Ford Falcon was the official car used by PFA agents (both painted with the police colors and unmarked), and is still remembered as a symbol of the dictatorship.

150.000 millone$… / 150.00 million$… : We owe 150.000 million dollars to foreign countries, and 30.000 missing persons to our own.

lee la cajita infeliz: Should be translated as “read the unhappy meal”. McDonald’s happy meal is known as “cajita feliz” -happy little box- here.

30 a?±os / 30 years: Another Ford Falcon.