In Buenos Aires, fans took to the streets after a record-breaking 16th continental championship. But there is also an acknowledgement of a changing of the guard
Each year, the US has 11 federal holidays. In Argentina, that number is 19, the 11th-most in the world. Celebration and commemoration are mandatory for Argentinians, but for almost three decades they were denied the kind of festivities the capital city of Buenos Aires craves.
The country’s football team is making up for it now though. On Sunday night, a third successive party arrived as the city celebrated the team’s 2024 Copa América triumph, its second in a row after the 2021 title, sandwiched around the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
