Problems with the "Subte"?

Subway of Buenos Aires

I knew Buenos Aires in some beautiful summer holidays that I take with my boyfriend, I was absolutely surprise with every corner of that city, how to forget Caminito with its beautiful architecture, the “Floraris Genérica” or the Boca Junior Stadium and its incredible museum. Every part of the city looked perfect for me and when the things got difficult, my boyfriend and I took the "subte" or the subway for these who don´t know that name. I had no idea of that and my only reference was Santiago´s subway. The line A of the subway was very attractive for the users thanks to its colorful and historical style, generally 7.4 million people use this transportation daily, besides, it covers almost of the city and it’s a means of transportation that it´s in peak condition because it is the oldest in Latin America and until today it hasn´t been fixed since its opening in the year 1913.
During the summer a dense and toxic enviroment can be perceived, and the people in charge of the subway tray to mitigate with and old ventilator from the 20´s, in its walls there are a lot of politic propaganda and so much trash, besides the place is very dark because its light illumination, anyway porteños (people that live in Buenos Aires) love and are very thankful of that mean of transportation because it allows them to arrive to their jobs in a brief time, that it why they suffer a lot during the ten days of strike of the machines because of some political reasons. The passengers are not guilty about the disagreements between the authorities and the subway delegates, anyway they are the only lost out and today they received subway in the worst conditions they could imagine. 

Magda in the "Floraris Genérica"

Magda in the "Subte"

Written in Spanish by:Magdalena Cruz

Translated to English by: Andrés Aguirre & Magdalena Cruz