Why is this picture here? Well, for one, it is a colorful old bus. And I love colorful old buses. This one is a Mercedes Benz schoolbus as you can see by the emblem on the hood. Old enough to have taken me to school when I lived in Buenos Aires as a kid.

But this bus has some history attached to it. It belongs to the Partido Justicialista, one of the Peronista parties. The biggest. They hold 36 of 72 seats in the national senate at this writing. The Partido Justicialista was founded in 1946 by Juan Domingo Perón and his wife Evita. Their silhouettes are emblazened on the superior part of the coach. I find it interesting that this party, this devotion to Perón and Evita are still a strong current in the roiled waters of Argentine politics.