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The nomadic and colorful horsemen of the Argentine and Uruguayan plains, the gauchos remain folk heroes famed for hardiness and lawlessness. Gauchos flourished from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century. At first they rounded up the herds of horses and cattle that roamed freely on the vast grasslands east of the Andes. In the early 19th century, they fought first in the armies that defeated the Spanish colonial regime and then for the military dictators who jockeyed for power after independence. Argentine writers celebrated the gauchos, and gaucho literature is an important part of the Argentine cultural tradition.
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Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
Her navy polo, gaucho shorts, and makeup-free face evoked an innocent schoolgirl.
—Bob Morris, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Here are my picks: Ride across the low grasslands with a gaucho, or South American cowboy guide, at Estancia Vik.
Luz Culinary Wine Lodge, located in the fishing village of José Ignacio, sets the table for a gastronomic stay in a pine forest.
—Olivia Schellenberg, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2024
Hearst launched her namesake brand in 2015 with a then-radical idea that environmental sustainability could be luxury, and has built it into a powerhouse of feminine polish and gaucho earthiness.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Gaucho.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaucho. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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