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Letter from Buenos Aires - no 9.

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It goes without question that Xiomara and I focus on UK interests here in Argentina - it is the very nature of our appointment, but occasion...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 8.

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Last week Javier Milei Friday met up for a sixth time with Giorgia Meloni, President of Italy. Their meeting saw both Milei and his sister ...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 7.

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Who do you think informed on Argentine Senator Edgardo Kueider - who in recent times has parted from his Kerchnerite party to side with Pre...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 6

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It has been three weeks since letter 5 and much has happened here. Argentina has long been a member of Mercosur (Mercado Común del Sur), a ...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 5.

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Its been a hectic week here in Buenos Aires with the usual suspects hogging the headlines. Xiomara and I were surprised about one, the Fore...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 4.

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Liam Payne’s untimely death caused ripples of sadness around the world, but particularly in Buenos Aires, the city of his demise. Local inv...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 3.

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This week Xiomara returned to the UK to celebrate her father (Q’s) birthday, unwisely leaving me in charge here at Palacio Haedo. However, s...

Letter from Buenos Aires - no 2.

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Dear Reader, Thank you for your comments last week on my first letter from Buenos Aires. We may not always get it right but, as agents, Xiom...

Letter from Buenos Aires

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Dear Reader, I received your message about delay in posting. I stand admonished! It is over eleven weeks since I posted my last episode of ‘...

Danger over - for now!

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Was the disposal of Dr Richard Alvarez and his partner Jay an unqualified success? Norm had arranged for a fake ‘action log’ detailing our g...

Salon Canning

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Salon Canning is the iconic venue at which you must, at least once in your tango journey, dance Argentine tango. It is where the old milonge...

Norm has a plan

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That M had addressed the letter to Xiomara came more as a shock than a surprise. Increasingly Xiomara had taken charge of events, and lookin...

A letter from Whitehall

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 Decrypted message from the Joint Intelligence Committee of the United Kingdom to xxxx (classified). An intelligence assessment prepared by ...

Giannina is given a choice

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A strange turn of events. Lord Cameron in Buenos Aires as President Javier Milei’s guest, (despite the Falkland Islands or should I say ‘Mal...

The mission

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Norm leads the way as we enter locale 299, passing the torn Argenper sign which hangs limply against blackened windows. Inside nothing has c...

The factory

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The thought that two British agents will put the life of an Argentine waitress at risk in a planned sting operation seems not to trouble eit...

A plan emerges

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  In the last episode, following the bomb blast at Hotel Duhau, our key players met together at a restaurant in Monserrat, Buenos Aires, no ...

Meeting the President

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It is the morning of our second day in Buenos Aires. Xiomara has risen early and prepares a breakfast of medialunas and coffee. Way below t...

Giannina and Ghost

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 Back at Palacio Haedo, Xiomara is brewing Maté w hilst I pace the room. Giannina, wearing one of the house robes, sits on the terrace alon...

All is not what is seems

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  Her breathing steadies under Xiomara’s soothing hands, the blood that seemed to cover her uniform has clearly come from the dead bell boy ...

Drama at Duhau

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Afternoon tea at the Duhau is special beyond belief. After you have experience it you will contend that teatime each day should start with C...

Palacio Duhau

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 Xiomara sings as she unpacks, that broken song that arrives and departs in little waves of concentration and forgetfulness. It reminds me o...

A surprise awaits

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How interesting, since Bond’s previous departure from Palacio Haedo in 2018, that his MI6-leased apartment has remained unoccupied. In fact ...

Bond is back in his beloved Palacio Haedo

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Readers of our previous tales will recall the majesty of Palacio Haedo as it was in Moneypenny's days...ancient, crumbling, clanking, du...

Bond makes his way to Palacio Haedo - the long way.

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I rest my leather flight bag on a row of metal seats bolted to the floor by Argenper when they occupied the office, and enter the keypad co...

Bond and Xiomara arrive in Buenos Aires

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Fifteen and a half hours later we circle the river Plata to catch morning light and place the plane’s moving miniature shadow over the old d...

The lull before the storm

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  Alone on my return journey I take the direct route via William IV and Orange Street to Jermyn Street, entering Ormond Yard by the Duke of ...

'Have we a deal, Bond?'

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Richard Hammond quickly slips his nail file into his pocket. Paul Savident closes his iPad. Norm wanders across to the table. Q and Xiomara ...