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residents and tourists who crowd the cobblestone   accept credit cards.
           streets to wander past countless tented booths featur-  There are some excellent street musicians scattered
           ing antiques, trinkets, art, and tasty snacks. There’s   around the Plaza Dorrego, but stars of the fair are
           something for everyone here, from expensive ancient   tango dancers. Tango came out of the neighborhood
           gaucho bolos and belts to very nice inexpensive   brothels of Buenos Aires where it dramatized the
           handmade scarves and jewelry. We bought a beautiful   relationship between a prostitute and pimp. It was
           pair of earrings and a scarf, each less than $15. Most   considered offensive to the Argentine elite until a
           vendors take American dollars, and some will even   sanitized version became a smash hit Europe. And for




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