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World Service,4 mins

Last Tango to Buenos Aires

The Fifth Floor

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80 years ago, celebrated tango singer Carlos Gardel died in a plane accident in Medellin, Colombia, but his eventful life story did not finish there. Six months after he was buried in Colombia his body was exhumed and taken on a momentous journey back to Buenos Aires by road, rail and sea. Natalio Cosoy, 麻豆社 Mundo's bilingual correspondent in Bogota, follows the infamous journey of the most renowned tango singer

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