Left to right: Obama's pendular swing through Latin America.

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4. And what a day it was: '¡ALCA, al carajo!" ('to hell with ALCA').

That was in Mar del Plata, on November 4, 2005.

Jumping back to today's visit, Obama and Macri are having a closed-door meeting as we speak (noon Buenos Aires time - just add an hour to Eastern time).

I'm fairly certain Obama is asking Macri to stop being Netanyahoo's errand boy, and above all to stop trying to sabotage his policy of U.S.-Iran rapprochement by using the 1994 AMiA bombing as a public opinion cudgel against Iran (the only forensic tests performed at time, after all, determined it to be an inside job).

It's interesting to note that Macri's attempts to sabotage U.S.-Iran talks has now become the most significant dispute between Argentina and the U.S. - a dispute entirely of Macri's making, since Cristina Kirchner was very much on board with Obama's détente with Iran.

Ironic, isn't it. The "pro-American" Macri is turning out be much more of a problem for U.S. geopolitics than the supposedly "anti-American" Mrs. Kirchner. Qué será.

In the meantime here's a view of the intersection you mentioned, Judi. It would be in front of the Bosch Palace, the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. Built for the Bosch family in 1917, it was sold to the State Department in 1929. Enjoy!