For an upscale night out, head to Puerto Madero alongside the eastern Rio de le Plata riverbank.
Corruption is often blamed on plata o plomo meaning silver or lead, bribes or threats.
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Some of La Plata's residents set up roadblocks to protect their neighbourhoods from looters.
Officials said 400 extra police officers and soldiers would be deployed to La Plata.
BBC: Argentina floods 'catastrophe' for La Plata, Buenos Aires
Some experts say that the American formulation is more like plata o sexo, or both.
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On Wednesday night, some of La Plata's residents set up roadblocks to "protect their neighbourhoods from looters".
BBC: Argentina floods 'catastrophe' for La Plata, Buenos Aires
At least 46 died Wednesday in and around the city of La Plata, Gov. Daniel Scioli said.
The storm was centered about 130 miles east of Puerto Plata, in the Dominican Republic, late Monday.
The flooding threatened to ruin food supplies across La Plata's metropolitan area, which has nearly 1 million people.
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London Irish scrum-half Alfredo Lalanne, Montpellier prop Juan Figallo and Universitario La Plata second rower Mariano Galarza drop out.
Meanwhile Argentina have made three changes to their squad ahead of Saturday's second Test against in Mar del Plata.
Leinster lock Nathan Hines is not available for the matches in Tucuman and Mar Del Plata for family reasons.
That would be 35 years after the Animas-La Plata scheme was first approved.
Provincial officials said 40cm (16in) of rain fell on La Plata in the space of two hours late on Tuesday night.
So far more than 40 of the victims in La Plata, about 60km (40 miles) south of the capital, have been identified.
Associated Press Writer Cristian Kovadloff in La Plata and Almudena Calatrava, Debora Rey and Michael Warren in Buenos Aires contributed to this story.
President Cristina Fernandez arrived by helicopter in Tolosa, a La Plata neighborhood where she grew up and where her mother was among those evacuated.
On Wednesday, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner visited Tolosa, the worst-hit area of La Plata, where she grew up and where her mother still lives.
More than 3, 000 people had to leave their homes and 80, 000 lost electricity, with two of La Plata's hospitals also affected by the power cuts.
The La Plata refinery suspended operations as a result, and Argentina's YPF oil company said an emergency team was evaluating how to get it restarted.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday visited Tolosa, the worst affected neighbourhood of La Plata, where she grew up and where her mother still lives.
BBC: Argentina floods 'catastrophe' for La Plata, Buenos Aires
David Nalbandian gave the hosts an early lead as he swept past David Ferrer 6-3 6-2 6-3 in Friday's opening singles rubber in Mar del Plata.
More than 3, 000 people had to leave their homes and 80, 000 still do not have electricity, with two of La Plata's hospitals also affected by the power cuts.
BBC: Argentina floods 'catastrophe' for La Plata, Buenos Aires
The Scots opened their account with a 24-16 win at the weekend but Townsend has warned of a Pumas backlash when they meet in Mar Del Plata on Saturday.
The heaviest rain almost 16 inches (400 millimeters) in just a few hours, beating historical records for the entire month of April hit provincial La Plata overnight.
At least 2, 500 people were evacuated from their homes to about 20 centers in the La Plata area, which is about 37 miles (60 kilometers) southeast of Argentina's capital.
Argentina will be represented by Juan Martin del Potro, David Nalbandian, Jose Acasuso and Agustin Calleri for the best-of-five series on an indoor hard court in Mar del Plata.
The report is completed by a series of case studies on selected cities, regions and countries (Istanbul, Cameroon, Spain, the Netherlands, Sudan, Swaziland and basins of La Plata and Lake Merin).
The Argentinian and Uruguayan tradition of the Tango, now familiar around the world, was developed by the urban lower classes in Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the Rio de la Plata basin.
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