https://mariodefina.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://mariodefina.com/bio daily 0.75 2026-03-06 https://mariodefina.com/stories daily 1.0 2026-02-17 https://mariodefina.com/stories/senise monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/e039f6db-9a92-40f0-b3e6-1a7b4e211986/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-02.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors My grandmother, Antonia Retta, looking for old pictures between her belongings in her room in Banfield, Argentina. Her postcards were my letter of introduction in Senise, a little town of five thousand inhabitants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/f2aeb221-0d76-4732-a89f-f77acfd5b0b5/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-03.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A letter that my grandmother received from her family in Senise, Italy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c3e0cbe6-a491-4396-9521-d82b8700d35d/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-13.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors My cousin holds a picture frame with a portrait of Rosa Amatatelli and Genaro Retta, my grandmother's parents in Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/664d9ea5-359c-4bd5-94ec-3284b697bfac/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-04.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A woman walks with an umbrella in Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/245c190f-21bb-4586-818e-c4bdfda157f0/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-17.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A picture that I found in Senise of me as a baby with my grandmother Antonia Retta in my grandparents’ house in Banfield, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/10894e5e-6392-4683-ab4a-1be751ea8b69/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-05.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A fallen flower vase in the cemetery of Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/4f332590-1dbb-402f-a471-c4f0d56b822c/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-12.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A picture of my grandmother and my father before they left Senise, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/f83d97b0-1a22-410e-9ee1-052ed25f032e/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-18.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors An abandoned house, many people leave their home to migrate, Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d64df205-ca8f-4396-8197-195cc18fd1e2/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-15.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A funeral coffin leaves the church of Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/00e45765-e7a5-4432-89a9-98a0e7ac09ea/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-14.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors The funerary vault of my grandmother's family in the cemetery of Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/7b7b2210-67fe-442a-a8bc-4540842ba24b/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-09.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors Draw of the genealogic three of my family in Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1ca17257-3284-49b5-96c0-0b846287e580/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-08.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors An old picture of my grandmother, center, with her sisters in Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/620bef09-dafd-4b07-b5c7-0ea4764c779e/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-01.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors A replica of the Statue of Liberty stands in a town near Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/b084147c-6ab3-4926-b6eb-6205b0518ad3/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-06.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors " I love you" written in a wall in Senise, Italy, February 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/22273ba9-a5f5-4951-abae-e1c99b822aff/Mario_De_Fina_Senise_-21.jpg Stories - Senise: finding my italian ancestors - A picture of me as a baby, with my father and my mother in my grandparents’ house in Banfield, Buenos Aires at 1990´s. 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Memories of the Pacific War: Bolivia yeans the sea Two women watch to camera as they talk in the street in the city of Uyuni, Province of Antonio Quijarro, Department of Uyuni, Bolivia, October 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/3585dde7-65a6-477f-9d96-2819bb7a32d6/Mario_De_Fina_Parallel_24_-05.jpg Stories - Memories of the Pacific War: Bolivia yeans the sea A woman waits to board a ship that takes her to Copacabana, in the Titicaca Lake, Department of La Paz, Bolivia, October 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/ec31d421-43e8-437f-9645-a09560b5a117/Mario_De_Fina_Parallel_24_-10.jpg Stories - Memories of the Pacific War: Bolivia yeans the sea The silhouette of Mrs. Juana stands in contrast as she walks near the viewpoint at the beltway, in the outskirts of the City of Potosí, Departament of Potosí, Bolivia, October 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/cb721b0d-b330-4508-a65c-28680ac4a543/Mario_De_Fina_Parallel_24_-07.jpg Stories - 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The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics A couple dances at the "Gauchito" Gil sanctuary where pilgrims are arriving to mark the anniversary of his death, near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1d02b56a-9f01-4ecb-a796-3523ce3a2ee9/3.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics Pilgrims ride on horses to the "Gauchito Gil' sanctuary to mark the anniversary of his death, near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/8d1991f0-9beb-445a-85ed-fa7c5e55857c/15.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics A man waits his turn to enter the "Gauchito" Gil sanctuary where pilgrims are arriving to mark the anniversary of his death, near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1c525316-0689-497e-b9a7-c29b58d0f9c9/10.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics Pilgrims light candles to mark the death anniversary of "Gauchito" Gil, in his sanctuary near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1673033487281-507GRBU4GZBDWLAZG7DN/2.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics A pilgrim drinks wine amid candles lit for "Gauchito" Gil to mark the anniversary of his death, in his sanctuary near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/87b7df81-91d0-474f-8caf-771eb0a67af0/11.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics A man holds a cross with the image of "Gauchito" Gil at his sanctuary near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/458baa25-5334-434f-a6b4-72af852e9f6d/La+foto.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics Cloaked in red, Julio Rivero holds a figure of Saint Gauchito Gil while visiting his sanctuary, in Mercedes, Argentina, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/6af68e22-44a7-4c6f-b20a-2aca22e7af7e/1.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics - Haz que se destaque A pilgrim pays homage to "Gauchito" Gil marking the anniversary of his death, in his shrine near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/9f24517a-5e87-4d04-9f92-4e6c73b4688b/8.jpg Stories - The return of Gauchito Gil: faith survives pandemics A woman waits her turn to enter the "Gauchito" Gil sanctuary where pilgrims are arriving to mark the anniversary of his death, near Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina, January, 2022. https://mariodefina.com/stories/andean-nomads monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/e5c89559-7a8f-47f7-9577-df5df96aa420/004.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes Marta Argentina Claleo shears her sheeps near Santo Domingo town, Zapala, Neuquén, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/934a92f3-f700-48c1-8809-0f8360ab9936/016.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes Demetrio Miyape waits in a refuge for the truck to load his animals during the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/204ee7e4-616e-4aac-aaca-4c4a5bc85369/007.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes A transhumant man walks during the sunset in Neuquén, Argentina, march 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/76c6f9db-3771-4422-9f18-66275a169ce4/011.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes The figure of Gauchito Gil can be seen on the strap of Demetrio Miyape's wide-brimmed hat during the transhumance in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/429d0da6-c223-4e6a-9c02-3b5a7e08a65c/009.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes 7- Marta Argentina Claleo eats in front of campfire and next to her husband the night before start the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/ff6c70bb-1c80-4b09-bace-024db91ba232/013.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes Sheep wait to get off the truck after arrived to the field where they will spend the winter in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/7db94f0c-f704-4514-a201-5d37a587fc86/018.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes A man holds a horse for load into a truck for the transhumance, Neuquén, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/19b78fba-e5fa-4bf0-9c06-bb8699b224cd/005.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes The head of a goat hangs on a wall in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/882ea612-e1ab-4382-b53b-0e68aa2f9f74/012.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes The hand of an old transhumant woman, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/a4847ca4-101f-4513-8a10-04542d52f25e/002.jpg Stories - 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Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes Celia Miyape travels with a baby goat that cannot walk during the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/4ae5a721-eba4-4c45-b870-5b7ffb5f522b/001.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes - Haz que se destaque A passing rain in Neuquen, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/3cec3241-2401-45be-a3cd-9a352d16f793/image-asset.jpeg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes 1- Demetrio Miyape jumps a wire fence as he prepares to load his animals to a truck in their way to his winter home during the transhumance, Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/a88c0705-11f2-4834-8d3a-2533479a7f05/010.jpg Stories - Andean Nomads: travelling before winter comes A transhumant with his horse in Neuquén, Argentina, March 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/8cb0036e-0853-4cf0-ba0f-4285befc13b8/014.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/167be79c-1eda-450e-9b3e-28f845359fcb/020.jpg https://mariodefina.com/stories/gasoducto-kirchner monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1065f6ec-dd05-4b85-b111-ea9278aee0f6/Mario_De_Fina_para_PxP_-09.jpg Stories - 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A man takes a goat to the truck in Vega Redonda, Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/e9c51146-639d-4e55-bb26-d69871a53e69/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_006.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. An aerial view of the Atacama desert, November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0289b97d-665c-4c27-88b6-4198011b6e46/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_016.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Pascual Araya walks in circles to get the goats inside the corral, Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/3acd9519-234e-446e-bb9a-667aa47a43e7/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_002.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Pascual Araya Luna milks goats in a corral in Vega Redonda, Copiapo, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/602da477-f725-4c94-bdf0-1de11a2c62ab/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_008.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Pascual Araya Luna, a member of the Pai Ote colla community, prepares a goat for slaughter in the area of El Patón, 400 kilometres away from Copiapó, Chile, February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d7b2a826-a8a6-4630-8d90-64ca2993b055/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_015.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Ercilia Araya Altamirano, President of the Pai-Ote community, rests after the trashumance in El Patón in the outskirts of Copiapó, Chile, February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/01da9ca4-3113-44c5-9c21-f27fbf82fc29/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_013.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Lilian Andrea Astudillo helps to move the cattle to the high peaks of the Andes for the summer in the outskirts of Copiapó, Chile, November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/8d139b5d-c8ba-4239-8877-d5f88bf08a68/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_014.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Berto Pasten (right) and Pascual Araya Luna (left), members of the Pai Ote colla community, herd the cattle for five hours to Vega Redonda, the community base camp, outside Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/54647806-67d9-46b3-a0a4-21559a33d8ad/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_009.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Jilberto Pasten Quispe, next to his son Nicolás, holds a lamp to see the way to the winter base camp during the transhumance in Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/25c0bf7d-220f-4921-a991-877b8c5351a8/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_017.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Ercilia Araya (right) and her husband Jilberto Pasten Quispe make an offering to Pachamama in Vega Redonda, Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0f17e020-1830-48e3-9854-246dfe84aebc/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_010.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. An old picture of Ercilia Araya and her brother in Vega Redonda, Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1a9a8445-8ba8-4d13-951f-84ca89eff4da/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_019.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Francisco Pasten Araya (left), Ercilia Araya Altamirano (center) and Jilberto Pasten Quispe (right), sleep outdoors in the area known as El Patón, near the international border with Argentina and 400 km from Copiapó, in Chile, February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/8fe172ce-1a9f-4772-a42f-8aaeb9acd835/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_004.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. - Haz que se destaque Pascual Araya Luna herds sheep in the Atacama desert, February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/e68f3dc9-12c5-4ffe-b69d-eda4e8b7239c/Mario_De_Fina_Nomads_Atacama_06.JPG Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. Pascual Araya Luna, a member of the Pai-Ote community, walks the final stretch with the cattle to El Leoncillo, sector at 3,800 meters above sea level, in the outskirts of Copiapó, Chile, November 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/fbc935d5-a062-4a80-b4c6-ef2f9467bf56/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_020.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/3cecb02f-4460-4936-bef6-91185f3e06b0/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_005.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. A stuffed bull near the international border with Argentina, in the Atacama desert, February 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/51bd1927-0723-4967-aad5-f4d3a5029bb0/Mario_De_Fina_Nostalgic_Desert_018.jpg Stories - Nostalgic Desert: nomads of the Atacama. A river cross the Atacama desert in Copiapó, Chile, March 2014. https://mariodefina.com/stories/the-poisons monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/3b23cd92-ff33-4648-9e27-d5507828cbb8/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-04.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil A sign interrupts the way in Salto Encantado Provincial Park, located in the town of Salto Encantado, an area known for planting tobacco, Misiones province, Argenitna, June 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0dcac0a4-0405-4d06-aa27-dd90a0b1dfcb/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-03.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil Lucas Krauser, 7 years-old boy with microcephaly and cerebral palsy, watches his dad play with a soccer ball at the San Vicente town, Misiones province, Argentina, January, 2014. His diagnosis was at 3 months and his father Luis Krauser was raised among tobacco crops and works on a tobacco plantation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c0fea457-59f2-4393-b7f2-60f6c0c14921/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-06.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil Jesica Sheffer glances at the camera in her home in Fracran, Misiones province, Argentina, January 2014. She suffers from a malformation in the tendons that does not allow her to stand upright. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/9a411270-8743-4e78-9489-af2265a21833/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-02.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil A gas mask used by tobacco workers lies on ground at the San Vicente town, Misiones province, Argentina January 2014. Ever since the agrotoxins situation became public, tobacco companies have started to force their registered workers to use special protections suits that they sell themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/9e101bd6-1355-41e6-8709-a5e856f45fe2/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-09.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil A shed to dry tobacco, San Vicente, Misiones province, January 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/4cea2c21-eafb-4c5a-ac58-b8fed7e241a8/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-10.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil Jesus Manuel De Olivera, ten years old rest in his bed at his house in San Vicente, Misiones, Argentina, January 2015. He has cerebral palsy and a psychomotor retardation with epilepsy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/020a1b22-b767-4c3a-997c-7b2461395e12/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-13.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil A tobacco worker uses agrochemicals on his farm in San Vicente, Misiones, Argentina, January 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/ea4b7a41-b37e-4417-8c59-f64cf35f60ad/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-11.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil The silhouette of a catholic cross at sunset In the San Vicente cemetery, San Vicente city, Misiones province, Argentina, January 2014. At the children sector of the cemetery, rest some of the victims of agrotoxin use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/a5751eca-7935-41d5-b5bd-d4d2357dcc29/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-14.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil María Isabel Borozski, 19 years old, holds her daughter Tatiana Borozski at her house in Puerto Argentino, San Vicente, Misiones province, Argentina, January 2014. Tatiana takes phenobarbital regularly, a drug used with the epileptic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/3eb65531-381a-456d-9bad-c49bc091a3dc/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-12.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil A car crosses a national route in San Vicente, Misiones province, Argentina, January 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/5ad7095b-a808-47aa-a58a-12a32e6c1040/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-08.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil Jorge Finke walks through a tobacco plantation, he is a tobacco producer living in the town of Dos de Mayo, a few kilometres far from San Vicente, at the Misiones province, Argentina, January 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1df4ddf2-acb8-40e7-b8ff-d17ba4c3d031/Mario_De_Fina_The_Poisons_-15.jpg Stories - The Poisons: agrochemicals in the red soil The youngest daughter of a social worker from San Vicente runs to her house on the outskirts of the city, San Vicente, Misiones province, Argentina, January 2015. https://mariodefina.com/stories/western-sahara monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/43c98e5d-5b5c-4492-8c61-bdf5212606db/MDF_-24.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A general view of an avenue in Laayoune, the largest city of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, May, 2016. The city, with a population around 230,000, is under de facto administration by Morocco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/65ff762d-be89-43bc-93c5-3be7cf0371b1/MDF_-36.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Smail, an activist that works for the Polisario Front in a blog about political prisoners, show his ID from the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, May 2016. The Canary Islands are an archipelago of seven islands that offer exile for 2,500 Saharawis trying to rebuild their lives. Las Canteras beach, at the northern of the Gran Canaria island, is the greatest confluence point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/7492b088-4898-408d-91cf-929874d65341/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-11.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Sulim Mohamed Naze, Chief of the water plant, holds a tomato produced by them in the wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Algeria, May 2017. In the water plant they have 9 wells of up to 100 meters deep, the maximum allowed by Algeria, and they deliver up to 20 liters of water per day and per person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/46ce42b2-9ce9-489c-bf8c-f9fb346e694d/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-05.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Two boys in the wilaya of Laayoune, in Tinduf, Algeria, May 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/fab6acfb-b41f-4915-a3be-03f29309ad52/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-08.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Mariam Ali Salem walks outside her Haima, a tent used by Sahrawi at the desert, in the outskirts of the wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Algeria, May, 2016. During the exodus that took place after the Moroccan invasion, women were fundamentals in the establishment of refugee camps in Tindouf, while the men were fighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1aab4bef-a62c-4fd3-b1a9-9195504232dd/MDF_-25.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A saharawi woman dressed in the melhfa, a typical dress from the desert, waits for a taxi in Laayoune, Western Sahara, May,2016. On November 14, 1975, in the Tripartite Agreements of Madrid, Spain transferred de facto the sovereignty over its colony to two independent States: Mauritania and Morocco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/aedbf75a-0ec6-49af-ac91-ec8fd00e1dd2/MDF_-34.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony El Mami Amar Salem smokes a cigarrete, as he remember his past as political prisioner by Moroccan security forces in Laayoune, during an interview in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, May 2016. Mr. Salem was tortured and abandoned in the “No Man´s land”, the border that separates the Sahara from Mauritania. Nowadays he is the second Vice President of CODESA (Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights) where he denounces situations of human rights violations in Western Sahara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/fe800228-a569-45bd-84da-868dcc93f829/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-12.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A failed orchard in Tindouf refugee camps, Algeria, May 2017. The Tindouf area is located on the hammada, a vast desert plain of the Sahara Desert. Summer temperatures in this part of the hammada, historically known as "The Devil's Garden", are often above 50°C and frequent sand storms disrupt normal life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/4be9258e-c86d-495b-b2ac-69389ca51c29/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-06.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A girl uses her cellphone with her friend in the wilaya of Laayoune, in Tinduf, Algeria, May 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/ad07f7c1-c2ed-42a1-965e-6fd6abe13efc/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-09.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Mariam Ali Salem talks inside her Haima, a tent used by Sahrawi, in the outskirts of the wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Algeria, May, 2016. The role of Sahrawi women was central already in pre-colonial and colonial life, but was strengthened further during the war years (1975–1991) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/a744a872-ed40-423e-b259-11ba902f9f8b/MDF_-26.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Women buy clothes to a street vendor in Laayoune, Western Sahara, May 2016. The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) was declared on February 27, 1976 in the town of Bir Lelhu, the next day Spain left the Sahara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/7d53131e-fd7c-47ef-842d-34f7f001c663/MDF_-29.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Mohammed Dadach poses for a portrait wearing his darrah, saharawi's typical dress, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, May 2016. Dadach is knowed as the "Sahrawi Mandela" because he has been imprisoned for more than two decades by the Moroccan authorities and has become an important symbol of Western Sahara denouncing the violation of human rights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0f2aefd9-1206-4aa2-91f8-e07fcae130fe/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-10.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A group of women wait near the market, in the Wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Algeria, May 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/34085135-d460-4b2a-9b11-2d20ce13802a/MDF_-27.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A boy plays in a terrace in Laayoune, Western Sahara, May 2016. Mauritania was defeated and renounced its territorial claims; in 1979 signed the peace with the Polisario Front in the Algiers Agreement. Nowadays Morocco claims the sovereignty over the entire territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/54971489-baaf-48b3-a559-62e759ad4df3/MDF_-33.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony The Ould Salek sisters prepare tea in their house in Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Spain, May 2016. According to Saharawi tradition, the host offers three teas to the guest, each one with their own meaning: the first is the bitter (like life), the second is sweet (like love) and the third is soft (like death). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c25c7b53-4a88-4566-b19d-4eb672c56a08/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-01.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A deposit of old guns in the "Resistance Museum" in the Rabouni administrative camp, Tindouf, Argelia, May 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/042e5a33-5e26-4be5-b229-90a023c6f904/MDF_-23.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Sun falls over the main entrance arch to the city of Laayoune, Western Sahara, May 2016. Morocco advanced on the southern part of the Sahara and built a 2,720-kilometer defensive wall to divide Western Sahara in two and defend it against attacks coming from Algeria, where the Saharawi government is in exile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/276aff8b-57a9-457d-a00d-c20c88e2e9b0/MDF_-32.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Fatma Ould Salek (center) gets emotional during an interview next to her sister Mamia Ould Salek (right) in their house in Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, May 2016. Both sisters were abducted by the Moroccan army with their parents in 1976, when they were 13 and 14 years old, and were released in 1991. During 16 years they suffered confinement in secret prisons under tortures and humiliations and finally obtained political asylum from Spain in 2001. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/880e5ca9-b2af-4719-8b44-65cb1dfe7784/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-14.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A girl takes her final exam in the school for women at the Wilaya of Laayoune. Tindouf, Algeria, May 2016. Among the most common causes of school dropouts in women is pregnancy at an early age. In Tinduf only primary education is provided at the camps, to access a secondary education young people must travel to the Algerian cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/36c38d46-084d-4002-9531-99ff4e318985/MDF_-22.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A road to the sea in Laayoune, Western Sahara, May 2016. In 1991 was stablished The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to observe the ceasefire and organize a referendum among the Saharawi people, but 30 years later the referendum has still not been held. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/2e77eecd-5eca-473b-8bb1-db605d9a6ba9/MDF_-31.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Omar Bulsan points the prision where his sisters, Fatma and Mamia, were reclused during an interview in Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, May 2016. Omar Bulsan is part of the Polisario Front and is currently the ambassador of the Democratic Saharawi Arab Republic (SADR) in Cuba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/41d1c97a-6a25-4257-b587-e9db7db01226/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-15.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony The Zadfi Zalik family plays in their house, at the Wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Algeria, May, 2016. The Polisario Front has governed the camps since the beginning and have implemented policies and taken decisions: they operate courts, prisons, and an internal police force, control the camps borders, and is the only authority which camp residents have contact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/280eb4e1-e3ec-4cf4-af99-38ebf2516ff4/MDF_-28.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A street in Laayoune, Western Sahara, May 2016. Morocco represses any demonstration of the Saharawi identity in the occupied territory, while expelling activists, journalists and diplomats who arrive to corroborate the violation of human rights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0564f03b-661b-42fc-8a35-3bc9a6843479/MDF_-21.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A ship stranded on the shore of the city of Laayoune, in Western Sahara, May 2016. The beach is guarded by military posts stationed every kilometer along the coast. To travel the 34 kilometers that separate the city from the sea is necessary to go through different military checkpoints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/97d34d2a-bb87-467c-b95c-8d310d485e2f/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-03.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Two women performs their typical during the celebrations for the 43rd anniversary of the begins of Saharawis independence movement in the wilaya of Auserd, Tinduf, Algeria, May 2016. In 1973, five Sahrawi from the “Polisary Front” attacked the border control of Janquet Quesat´s to release to El Ouali, leader of the Independence movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d954fa94-d9c4-484f-8318-a01fd3dc0478/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-13.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A girl holds a heart-shaped necklace with the Saharawi flag painted on it, in the wilaya of Laayoune,Tindouf, Algeria, May 2016. The first measure taken in the Tindouf refugee camps was to separate them into provinces, called wilayas. Each wilaya have the name of a city in Western Sahara - Laayoune, Smara, Dakhla and Auserd - which in turn are divided into daïras, municipalities, which are divided into hays, neighborhoods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/5e3d2440-9a54-4fa4-a363-6dfa9abfda92/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-02.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Women watch the 43 anniversary celebration of the Sahrawi independence in the wilaya of Auserd, Tindouf, Algeria, May 2016. The total population of the Tindouf refugee camps is estimated at 165,000 persons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0cf019a4-f8e9-47bb-aca1-931ee4d1235b/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-04.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony A man covers his head with a turban at Center of the Woman in the wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Algeria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/4e129316-ec5d-4310-8a9b-63b6690b79b1/Mario_De_Fina_West_Sahara_-07.jpg Stories - Western Sahara: the forgotton war of the last african colony Remains of a construction in the wilaya of Laayoune, Tindouf, Argelia, May 2016. https://mariodefina.com/stories/san-la-muerte monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/37801e15-12ce-41dc-a0d9-cec2c40d953c/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_003.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes Two members of the Badán family rides their horse to the San La Muerte sanctuary during a two days peregrination for fulfill their promises in Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/927c5429-916b-4ce9-9152-6f61ac1e8a12/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_012.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A San La Muerte faithfull lies on her knees and cries in front of the sacred medallion in the Barrios sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/0860b8a5-87b2-48bb-b541-cdc0faa1cacb/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_020.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes Thousands of faithfuls raise their hands and pray in honor of San La Muerte in the Virgen de Itatí chapel, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, Sunday, August, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/7d6d8768-1eca-4950-acdf-1d67aaad78e8/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_007.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man attends to a ritual with a knife by Luis Roldan, a medicine man, in his tent near the San La Muerte sanctuary entrance in Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1eeeaf00-f653-47c8-8b45-add03444a1bc/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_017.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A couple embrace as they dance chamamé, an argentine typical music, in the San La Muerte sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/ca841cfc-064f-4635-aed1-8e9dbdb63bf0/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_002.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes Two signs that in Spanish reads: “Welcome Entrance” and “ San La Muerte Chapel”, lies on the ground at the Barrios sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August,2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/72309aa7-0494-4153-9e26-3d567a0790a7/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_013.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man removes the melted candles placed by faithfuls in front of the sacred medallion inside the San La Muerte sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c87d4ba2-b339-4a05-bdd0-24199e20af62/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_015.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes Alex and Lisandro, members of the Barrios family, light the fireworks at midnight for celebrate the San La Muerte anniversary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, Monday, August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/664dbf47-5bdb-4500-86ac-f33ad7427adb/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_022.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A faithful holds a San La Muerte statue for bless it as the van get out from the Virgen de Itatí, Empedrado, Corrientes, Argentina, August 20, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/4fce2d08-3644-49d2-8c20-f0f7e04e39af/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_008.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man lies on the ground as he attends to a ritual by a medicine man in the San La Muerte sanctuary entrance in Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/e9384cd1-432c-465c-91c1-768875ca1c5e/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_004.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes Antonio Barrios, 65, the elder son of Candida Segovia, owner of the San La Muerte sanctuary, kisses the urn with the sacred medallion before starts the peregrination to the Virgen de Itatí chapel, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/69d58c38-96f7-4297-a80c-91bd1535eb94/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_021.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man shows the sacred medallion, a skeletal man with a scythe in his hand and the legend: "Sagardo La Muerte”, to the crowd at the entrance of the Virgen de Itatí chapel during the peregrination for the San La Muerte anniversary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August, 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/48d0f3da-3138-4b3a-b756-290a6dff2d7b/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_009.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A woman sleeps over a couch, next to a San La Muerte statuette, after the peregrination to the Virgen de Itatí chapel in Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, Monday, August 20, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/bb4b8f15-abf7-4164-a6ab-4357f424ab12/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_005.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man dressed like San La Muerte prays in front of the urn with sacred medallion inside the sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, Sunday, August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/053a6591-02d5-446f-b903-c859e489f959/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_023.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes People watch the bands playing Chamamé, an argentine typical music, as they dance in San La Muerte sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/5e5f0f2e-ee22-4591-9fc1-c0d94d5a4965/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_010.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A San La Muerte broken figure lies over roses in a trash can at the Barrios sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, Monday, August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c8bb1830-a952-470e-ab8b-977fea0181ee/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_001.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes - Haz que se destaque Nilda Amelia Lopez breaks in tears, with a San La Muerte figure in one hand and a Gauchito Gil figure in the other one, in front of a pick-up with the holiest medallion relic that goes to the chapel of the Virgen de Itatí during the procession, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/f1b3abf4-859a-4114-88e1-3b7396d56dd7/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_006.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man, not pictured, with a San La Muerte figure waits at the entrance to the sanctuary to bless his statue, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, Monday, August, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/1db6cf94-ecbc-4782-bf47-6b39cac2c38a/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_011.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/8c286762-7699-4f57-966f-263b5e7eb040/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_016.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes José Badán dances chamamé with his wife Rocio, an argentine typical music, in the San La Muerte sanctuary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/04940987-7671-47db-a112-0a4772ab880a/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_019.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A van with the sacred medallion in its roof go ahead to the Itati Virgin chapel on the National Route 12 in the middle of the peregrination, Empedrado, Corrientes, Argentina, Monday, August 20, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/27a96b75-ced1-418f-b3eb-17f6b709ddd1/Mario_De_Fina_San_La_Muerte_024.JPG Stories - San La Muerte: the death grants wishes A man with a wide brimmed hat walks at the entrance of the San La Muerte sanctuary at the end of the celebrations for its anniversary, Empedrado, Corrientes province, Argentina, August 2017. https://mariodefina.com/stories/gauchos-also-fly monthly 0.5 2025-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/81483c5b-f2c9-4144-95eb-ad03232cc014/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_002.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A father adjusts the hat of his son, dressed as a gaucho in the malambo northern style, minutes before of his presentation in the minor category in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. The minor category allows participants between 10 and 13 years and has maximum of three minutes of dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c9d0f5c1-7df1-4cd1-aba6-bc7ae094f80d/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_007.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A man and a young, both dressed in the northern malambo style, embrace before the boy presentation in the malambo minor category in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/41ae1664-af16-4a5e-bfe6-f4e5fcd15af1/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_010.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Four dancers, San Juan province representatives in the major malambo quartet category, train for their performance in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d9d78d7f-c86b-43c6-993e-832117c19154/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_017.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A dancer receives a tension-relieving massage in the dressing rooms in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January ,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/2885ee2b-8a6e-4703-955d-2c66a6d8ad09/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_022.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Fabian Serna (right), Buenos Aires province representative in the major malambo category, talks with his coach minutes before dances the malambo as one of the three finalist of the competition in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/8a5fd8ba-656b-4d37-8d7b-edae30ee3099/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_003.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A man adjusts the pants of a young malambo dancer, dressed in the southern style, in the dressing room before the competition in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/ba9fbe5e-4f01-4df9-80ae-74b108570017/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_009.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Juan Vicciatti, La Pampa province representative in the minor malambo category, cries after his performance in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January ,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d81d44b4-d387-479c-b17b-7ded83960725/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_011.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Four dancers, Santa Fe province representatives in the major malambo quartet, jump during their performance in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/b65042f1-1af1-456c-b74c-11a082bd168a/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_018.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Ivan Ocaranza, Santiago del Estero province representative in the special juvenile malambo category, gesticulates looking to the sky and crosses himself before goes on stage in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d7d9f939-4fbb-42e4-b638-02aa52c5fc16/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_024.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival The public wait for the final after it has been postponed by a heavy rain the night before in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/5cb0d924-9652-4f0f-87e1-b7518a681040/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_004.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival German Vargas, San Juan province representative in the juvenile malambo category, poses for a portrait in the dressing rooms during the sunset in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/cecac221-471f-4641-b28b-803c1cacce16/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_013.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Máximo Ramírez, Neuquén province representative in the major malambo category goes on stage for dance the devolution of the major malambo in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d6fc9dcb-903d-4a86-8530-13e48e46c56d/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_019.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A malambo dancer stays on the stage before starts his northern style dance in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/07d4f3bb-ac4d-4d35-befd-f708b1ca90b9/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_026.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Ernesto “Tito” Diaz, Córdoba province representative in the major malambo category and runner up of the past edition, waits for the jury’s verdict in the dressing rooms in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/9c769b2e-347e-44ca-b721-8ec5b1932fb7/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_005.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A young malambo dancer, dressed in the malambo northern style, waits for participate in the malambo minor quartet in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/cfc1c5b6-6f88-4ff3-9c83-a9352eb7aa27/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_014.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Diego Schmidt, Misiones province representative in the major malambo category, dances the northern style in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/bc03ae32-cf24-4045-8e25-827790b6d07e/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_020.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Jonatan David Aguirre, Catamarca province representative in the major malambo category, greets to the public at the end of his performance in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/dfb180a8-b781-45c8-ad2a-8421654024a7/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_012.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Julio Cesar Cajal, Tucumán province representative in the counterpoint malambo category, trains his dance as he jumps in a dressing room minutes before going to stage in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January ,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/273ca80b-4d3e-4d7d-a1d4-31a46dcd3d4c/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_027.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Fabian Serna, Buenos Aires province representative in the major malambo category, kiss to his girlfriend as she cries, after he being consecrated as runner-up in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/d5120a99-8fb9-4e43-9821-01fe955f10a3/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_015.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Nazareno Calfulef, Chubut province representative in the major malambo category, dances the southern style in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/72213ac4-9242-4afc-9993-212b5e0a8bcc/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_001.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival - Haz que se destaque Pablo Gonzalez, Corrientes province representative in the major malambo category, dances the malambo northern style in the major category in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January.12,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c23dea26-bd4a-4560-ba55-29bb2a08aff4/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_006.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival A young malambo dancer is silhouetted against the sun as he performs in the minor malambo category in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/bc339d9c-283d-491d-bf0b-a0d2c12c641f/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_008.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/f75522f7-aff3-462d-82bb-6c12bc93b810/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_021.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival An aerial view of the Laborde town during the sunrise of the grand final day in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. The town of Laborde has a population of six thousand people and is located in the south of the Cordoba province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/de7373f7-5507-4b39-b4b1-6c0e07af55c1/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_016.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Ivan Ezequiel Coria, Santiago del Estero province representative in the major malambo category, dances the northern style in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/dbabc143-98b5-4615-8b7f-8b14e0918f0c/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_025.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Ernesto “Tito” Díaz, Córdoba province representative in the major malambo category and runner up of the past edition, dances the malambo in the southern style as the favorite for be the next champion in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January,2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/628e67ec6b906418356f0789/c34c0f32-673a-48f5-a3c0-2933cf87501c/Mario_De_Fina_Festival_Malambo_028.jpg Stories - The Gauchos also Fly: one last dance in the most traditional festival Ernesto “Tito” Díaz, Córdoba province representative in the major malambo category and runner up of the past edition, celebrates the championship, with the trophy in one hand and a figurine of the priest Brochero in the other one, after being consecrated by the jury as winner of the 52st National Championship of Malambo in Laborde, Córdoba, Argentina, January, 2019. Mr. Díaz is not going to dance malambo in a soloist category never more for a tacit covenant that all the winners commit to comply.