Discover Buenos Aires: slabs of meat, Malbec and polo

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[@arielgoldfarb4118]

The music at the begining has nothing to do with Argentina and Buenos Aires.

[@alejandroscorsetti7392]

They should have put Tango or Argentinian Rock, not a tropical dance music lol

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

OBVIO. Los ingleses siempre denigrando a Argentina y "latinoamericarizándola"

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

Si seguro, diversa como cualquier país con más de 10 millones de habitantes aún así esa música no tiene nada que ver con Argentina, con ninguna Argentina.

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

Latinamerica as a "whole" its not the same. Its the same all of Europe. The brits are the same than the french and the germans are the same than the spanish? That music has nothing to do with Argentina at all. They want to portray the country as a typical tropical latinamerican country and Argentina its not like that.

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

I REPEAT its a region of 600 million people. there is NOOOOOOOOOOOOO way all countries can be similar. Argentina has strong southern european roots ethnical and cultural. Are you going to deny that? because if you do you never came to my country. I dont agree its the same at all. Peru its not the same than brazil brazil its not the same than mexico and mexico its not the same than colombia. The "latino" bullshit stereotype from hollywood its not more than hollywood racist stereotype bullshit. Putting caribean music to a country that is far closer to Antartida than the caribe is BULLSHIT.

[@arielroldan4009]

Son extremadamente pelotudos, hacen un programa de Buenos Aires y ponen como música candombe, el candombe es mas caracteristico de Montevideo, como el tango es mas caracteristico de Buenos Aires.

[@josedaza825]

Italy+Spain=Argentina

[@yam8523]

Y bolivia. Por la suciedad y la infraestructura del siglo pasado.

[@Tomy-cl7jh]

yam yam. depende de tu barrio, Te aseguro que en Recoleta no hay suciedad alguna y solo arquitectura parisina y elegante

[@melaniegt]

+ indígenas nativos, aunque haya mucha mezcla todavía hay gente con sangre bien argentina(nativa). Y ya no es solo de los inmigrantes europeos, sino también de los mismos países vecinos que tenemos. A ver, abran los ojitos, no sean tan boluditos y dejen de creer que vivimos en Europa

[@nahuelzapatrustegui6695]

@@yam8523 Bolivia con mayúscula , tilingo !

[@yam8523]

@@nahuelzapatrustegui6695 trol.

[@federiedel4658]

Que imagen mas fea de Buenos Aires. Es como si el director de este video supiera exactamente lo que quiere mostrar: Lo mas atípico. Todo lo que no es Buenos Aires.

[@axelpaff3306]

Y todo lo mas feo para desacreditar a Buenos Aires q parezca un lugar horrible para venir a visitar y lo hacen aproposito

[@MrLaizard]

Igual que la TV española

[@martymctirri3227]

Posta que si, eso lo note y no creo que haya sido algo inocente, este video toma a toma esta hecho para desacreditar la ciudad, pero bueno desde siempre USA uso su aparato propagandístico para hacer este tipo de cosas, no tiene que afectarnos.

[@DieguitoSN]

Es buenos aires, quizas la que no queres ver vos...

[@ciarandevaney385]

Fede Riedel posh sport

[@elizardo3612]

this video is not represent a culture in buenos aires are all , all that brazilian music , and rock and dance music ,tango??

[@carlosd8085]

no

[@caatitab]

This did not capture BA's spirit at all. Huge miss. I blame the "locals" of choice though. Also what's up with the music.

[@Askelmar]

Are you sure it's Buenos Aires? .... or is it a mixture of somewhere in brazil a little from montevideo with some of Buenos Aires ? .... Is a disaster this video. the woman dancing candombe seems to be in the wrong city.... Candombe don't identifies Buenos Aires. The candobe is Uruguayan.....

[@Argentus2009]

Candombe is the River Plate black music. Argentinian is lower than uruguayan.

[@jorkapo]

You're right the Argentine is not dancing Candobe! Yes murga

[@edgardoc364]

it´s murga...

[@Spiri7ualShi7]

Me vas a decir que los hippies no candombean acá?

[@jackdanila9893]

@@Spiri7ualShi7 pero no representan a la ciudad, son hippies

[@carlosd8085]

hermosovideo de La Habana de Batista. Pero,esperaba encontrar uno de BUENOS AIRES.

[@liliangarcia7364]

Silly

[@LordAgush]

This video does not represent Buenos Aires at all...

[@pincmin]

All in all, I think this captures what distinguishes BA from other cities (even though many locals will cringe when watching the noisy carnaval parades, I do :D). Being a foreign student visiting BA you may end living in the cool part of town, spend time with local students, visit different sites of interest, but all in all I find the choices of places and people relevant, except for the lady. The music she dances to, the way she dresses has nothing to do with the folk music and traditional garments of Argentina. She's just a woman with a hobby.I don't question her choices, but that rhythm is not from Argentina, the instruments neither. Zamba, chacarera, chamame, milonga, tango are our rhythms, but not that. It's obvious she has never visited an authentic folk peña in her life.

[@robertjleter]

most south-american elite cringe for every non-white side of their cities shown to foreigners. It's a pity

[@arqmontenegro]

It begins with music from.....BRASILLL !!! hahaha

[@crisperez6538]

Nice video - anyway, I'm a porteña born and bred and I must say there's too much candombe and too little TANGO , our most famous music genre, in it, I think you should have done a little more research before, thanks anyway

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

@Cris Perez...Thank you for not expressing your cultural disagreements with the harshness of "...un negro inmigrante..." This reveals to me the possibility that the current term for the various cultures of Spanish speaking countries "Latinos" might be inaccurate. All the "hispanoplantes" I know seem to have distinct identities inspite of speaking the same language. Would you agree? Saludos a todos en Buenos Aires. Con permiso, por favor, una cosa mas. Es mi entendimiento que en Africa hay un solo pais de habla espanola, Equatorial Guinea.

[@crisperez6538]

@Jay Young, I totally agree. We share a common language but, once you zoom into each country, you notice our identiites are clearly distinct. And when it comes to Argentina, Buenos Aires (and, roughly, all the center of the country) is very different from the north. Interesante el dato de Africa, entiendo que sí, que Guinea Ecuatorial es el único país cuyo idioma oficial es el español. (creo que también hay un territorio, Sahara Occidental, donde se habla, pero no es el idioma principal). Saludos!!!

[@ccaammiinniiito2]

Cris Perez Un abrazo, Cris y que sigas bien por toda la vida.

[@crisperez6538]

jaja vos tambien!!!!

[@gracielazunino7498]

Guys , if you want to visit Buenos Aires, watch other video....Not this one .....

[@laboleta5863]

Why the Brazilian music? The Economist has no clue. This is complete ignorance. Music should be Redonditos de Ricota, Skiltron, Fabulosos Cadillacs, Bersuit, Los Piojos, Ratones Paranoicos, Tersivel, Las Pelotas, Divididos, Abuelos de la Nada, Ataque 77, Fito Paez, Charly García...

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

Y ... tenian que ser ingleses ... y decí que no la empezaron poniendo la villa 31 de retiro. Luego vienen acá los turistas europeos y yanquis esperando que el país sea un típico país latino subdesarrollado y no lo pueden creer ... en fin ...

[@tiaelago-oretukaumunika7017]

exactlymaaaan!!!

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

Sí obvio y eso que España (que es un país latino aunque los españoles de hoy lo ignoren, es decir, un país eurolatino) es en desarrollo humano casi tan desarrollada como UK. Lamentablemente los anglos tienen la mayor parte de los medios de comunicación y esparcen sus mentiras por todo el mundo. Algunos son tan ignorantes que creen que los españoles no son blancos por ejemplo.

[@arielgoldfarb4118]

Ni hablar de como representan a México en las películas. Siempre es un país desértico sin ley super violento, todos están armados ... patético. Más patético es que los mexicanos se dejen basurear así por hollywood siendo que son casi la décima potencia económica.

[@SembrandoElKaos]

Ariel Goldfarb los mexicanos estan totalmente colonizados mentalmente, de hecho mucho de ellos desearian ser un estado mas de USA, mientras tanto los yankis se cagan de risa de ellos y los discriminan todavia mas que a los negros, pero ellos contentos.

[@diogenescasares4294]

I am confused why they would put Brazilian music and style of dance, call it Argentine, and then insert the idea that we were slaveholders to such an extent that it affected our culture. It's false and arrogant

[@conchaelapelota]

La música no tiene que ser de Brasil... Acá la música es el tango

[@Megadeth6633]

Ah si? es el tango? se escucha un monton no? esta re de moda no? jajajaja

[@davidbyrne1019]

buenos aires has more options to offer , puerto madero, recoleta, microcentro,la boca,belgrano,retiro, el rosedal, plaza de mayo,congreso ,etc... there are a lot of things to do ,one of my favorites things of BA is the tango ,it shows the mix of cultures and the passion of argentines

[@robertcalamusso1603]

One of the coolest most beautiful places on the Earth. Fabulous food arte everything And great People ~ 🇺🇸☮️🇦🇷

[@Valentina-ic7sb]

i love how the subtitles say about half of what the people are saying economist you fucked up

[@luciamonica9947]

??? why that music? the lady there is dancing Candombe, which isn't an argentinian style but uruguayan, excellent rhythm but porteños don't dance candombe on the streets. You guys have no clue. You should ask real argentine people😒

[@mickeyrat3369]

Lucia Monica viva Boca!

[@eduardoeducal0772]

Este video no tiene nada que ver con Bs As

[@gracielazunino7498]

No.... You don't show the essence of the city.... This is a cosmopolitan city, you can find here a mixture of different cultures from all over the world..... This is a documentary that doesn't show the richness of this city.This city offers much more than you show....

[@JoaquinWeissUgarteche]

WHAT THE FUCK????????? THIS IS A JOKE... THIS IS NOT ARGENTINA. LOL

[@padasen]

El video arranca pésimo con música típica de otro país, Brasil, Argentina tiene muchos estilos propios de música como para confundirse y poner samba, después mezclan imágenes de villa con polo (??!!) lo que muestra el video no identifica ni a BsAs menos Argentina tampoco el Polo y el Malbec es Mendoza, un desastre que solo confunde

[@scunningham6109]

The women dancing candombe? We are in Argentina arent we? So what it is all about candombe, as far as I know Uruguayans dance this, any way perhaps she is trying to identify her roots. It would be intersting hearing her story. Sorry about the music featured in the video sounds more brazilian etc, etc, nothing to do with argentina. It was just her and only her story

[@Ramsez]

these travelogues feel really disingenuous to me

[@pollyorcetix]

Esta traducción es una VERGUENZA! Omite la mitad de lo que dice la gente!!

[@mrita285]

I have been to Buenos Aires a number of times - I enjoyed your presentation a lot. The only thing that I feel you have not included - is the fact that 'candoble' and the music that is played in the video is influenced in many ways by Brazil. I also love the boating that is available in B. Aires. It is a great city and I loved your angle of reporting!

[@actimelreef9]

Ha ha haaaa! If this is Buenos Aires, New york is Bombay

[@marymarcovecchio7383]

Se equivocaron de país, ponen música brasileña se creen que están en Brasil jaja

[@rbonillahastings]

Common The Economist... Murgas in Argentina are tiny and rare... go for Uruguay for murgas and candombe!

[@victor21g]

esa mujer que aparece de donde la trajeron..? del caribe?..

[@lautarodispinozza1594]

Why they sound italian?

[@hiseverest9074]

More than 75% i think have Italian ancestry.

[@sebastian6132]

unfortunately Barbara seems to be not argentinean ,why she likes candombe? thats from uruguay. Dont forget to see next episode "passport China" represented by a senegal guy.

[@Abcflc]

Not a ver representative video of Buenos Aires culture...

[@danielsalvetti9992]

Hermosa nuestra Argentina ♥️

[@donalejandro1592]

This video is a complete disaster 😂 Brasilian music in our country hahaha LOL

[@wibarm]

Very little industrial manufacturing. Argentina is pretty much an agricultural products exporter. It needs to go up the value chain to secure its future.

[@artrolla802]

Perdon, a todos los comentaristas negativos, desatisfechos con este video, les invito a producir una mejor introduccion. Me imagino que todo el video fue tomado en BA, no importa de donde surgio la tradicion, lo encontraron en BA, cosas interesantes para el espectador y que pueda antojar al posible viajante. No les invito lo mismo a los comentaristas racistas. Uds ya saben donde pueden guardar esos sentimientos, o, si no, quizas algun dia la vida les repartira cartas donde se encuentran en una enorme ciudad ajena tocando musica en la calle y aprendaran. Suerte a todos nosotros.

[@pochito131]

Buen video .. describe sobre todo lo COSMOPOLITA de nuestra CULTURA .. VIVA EL ARTE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRACIAS PELADITUS

[@marymarcovecchio7383]

Horrible

[@prashantb90]

Interesting point of view to the city, but the stories could have been more diverse. There was no takeaway for me in this that explains what makes the city actually tick.

[@MrLaizard]

This film shows absolutely nothing of the diverse spirit of the city....

[@joaquinbaumann1482]

OMG the best city of the world!

[@mugi6674]

Everything from exotic lyrics to lavish grilled meat is overwhelmingly mesmerizing to me. I hope this pandemic can end soon and countries around the world open their borders.

[@RedroomStudios]

Buenos Aires has 12 million people, not 3 million ffs. why report the official "city" population when this is a massive sprawling metropolis?

[@favioar]

The video has beautiful photography BUT the music is totally misleading as it reflects Brazil rather than Argentina. Such a shame...

[@amaliaplaci]

NO REPRESENTA A BUENOS AIRES,tiene mucho tinte político .

[@danielmino1690]

this is awful, it doesn't represent BA or Argentina at all... these seems cheap and brazilian

[@ChinasdeNewYork]

What the actual fuck with that music . The Economist bad bad bad as always . No respect

[@jackdanila9893]

Tienen problemitas? No pueden hacer un vídeo de 15 minutos sobre una ciudad, mejor quédense con el rubro de la revista que eso sí les compro

[@FobosD0]

You present Buenos Aires with brasilian music? Really?

[@santiagos4290]

This gives a very latin" aproach to bs as but, it's not like this as much..

[@gabrielarishmuller4959]

Que alegría verte Barby en este video por casualidad! Vamo Arriba!

[@Spiri7ualShi7]

God I fucking hate "murga", just fucking noise for the sake of noise.

[@wilberthidalgo_3176]

Don’t mean to be a Debbie Downer but did not feel at all excited to visit except for the first minutes

[@conchaelapelota]

Y ahora que veo todo el video, es malísimo... Mostraron solo mierda de BbAa...

[@marinatmb]

la picada es portenia ahora?

[@lautarodispinozza1594]

Se llama antipesto y lo trajeron los tanos aca..

[@melaniegt]

Perdóname pero el vino no es de buenos Aires!! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@tomasb3784]

Porque mostraba un baile de Bolivia ¿????¿??¿?

[@claudiobicer]

MUY BUENO! VIVA TODO ARGENTINO

[@freedomlover752]

Hey economist how did you messed up this video

[@javiermarquez1295]

Esto es Buenos Aires ? 😶

[@thiagobruno2100]

es el conurbano es decir sería gran buenos aires la capital el mas pegada al rio de la plata

[@Zeaconlaverdad]

Que video tan malo. Solo muestran lo mas viejo y feo

[@MrLaizard]

The brits should have interviewed the guy who incidentally pops into the Picada bar scenes twice, that´s the one with the curly hair and the moustache, an artist called Daniel Santoro who is one of the most interesting painters ever born in the BA-scene, who depicts the mythological universe of PERONISM..ohhh wait, that does not fit into the cultural clichées of "latin american" art production....

[@juancat7450]

La mujer que baila Candombe no sabe que el "Fernet con coca" no es un aperitivo "Porteño" sino que como bebida se inventó en Córdoba. Por otra parte el Candombe se baila en Uruguay no en Argentina. Los Argentinos no somos los Porteños ni todos los latinoamericanos somos lo mismo!

[@Susazeu]

Te corrijo. El fernet es italiano.

[@Quantum122]

Perdon pero en argentina tambien existe el candombe o sino informate sobre la cultura de provincias como Corrientes por ejemlo!

[@javierortiz2374]

@@Susazeu te corrijo, el fernet solo es de Italia, pero el fernet preparado con coca cola es de Córdoba

[@javierortiz2374]

Tal cual lo mismo iba decir, habla de la picada y el fernet como si fuera algo exclusivo de los porteños, el fernet con coca es un clasico de Córdoba despues que lo preparen en otros lugares es otra cosa y la picada se come en cualquier parte del país, Bs As aveces pareciera que fuera solo la Argentina por eso en este país no existe el federalismo

[@diegosandoval803]

Brazilian music ????? WTF ???? hahah

[@ciarandevaney385]

Diego Sand Brazilian music Argentina music there all the same mumbo jumbo

[@Juampilinkino]

Why in da hell did you put Brazillian music ? that's not our music, it's tango ! folklore , argentinian rock.

[@AndAndmed]

Candombe, is a typical dance born in Uruguay. It is not very popular in Argentina really. It strucks me as interesting how they make pride of the poverty brought by "democratic socialism".

[@kpopbiz4873]

Schiffer, Claudia view this video from the Economist, speaking of Aires, Buenos 3,333x's.Signing Off, God, X

[@sonrie6561]

8:30??? this is not Buenos Aires, is candombe from Brasil. Buenos Aires tradicional dancing is Malambo and Tango

[@ouss]

nice

[@enriquetomas8413]

Musica Brasilera??????? Argentina Buenos Aires es TANGO !!!!!

[@angelcors1713]

que vídeo tan feo,lo único lindo de este vídeo es el chico rubio que esta bañando al caballo con una manguera jaaj

[@dogolover4924]

I LOVE BUENOS AIRES !! CANDOMBE BORN IN URUGUAY NOT IN ARGENTINA !!

[@yp6437]

Arranca con música de Brasil... Genios jajajaja. 🤦‍♀️

[@MrAlen6e]

wow very good job in the marketing 🙌🙌🙌, although some of the music may have been off, I think the economist did an excellent job captivating the spirit of the city. well done !!!

[@MrLaizard]

There is very little of the spirit of BA in this short film....

[@pointnorth2456]

This is not Buenos Aires culture music

[@scunningham6109]

Sorry missed "s" "only hers"

[@hennyoldman8068]

that artist loves life.

[@lucashunt7870]

It's not BA

[@guidobralla9562]

Este informe es falso (false)

[@hr2079]

awesome video!

[@sebasvega5782]

caretas...

[@josileyjaimes9235]

Hermoso

[@nicopiana1]

Que grande el pelado!!! Una vueltita en bondi y a cobrar en euros!!!!!

[@PunfsFN]

Si, el problema va a ser cuando se jubile..

[@MrLaizard]

La jubilación no existirá después de la devastación Lazy Boy Maurice y su banda de PROnameños?¿¿¿????

[@Michael-eu7nv]

😍🇦🇷

[@anwalborn]

One thing I have to point out...Pilar is not to the north of Buenos Aires, it's to the south.

[@sorrownomore]

It's in the north!!!

[@fredthegreat09]

nice city , shame some people that habit it , like peruanian , bolivians and that kind of shit that came from other part of the continent.