Once a Porteño — Always a Porteño!
Ian Dell’Aquila is a Porteño at heart. A Porteño, literally a “port person,†is from the Rio de la Plata region of South America. This includes a large area surrounding the ports at Buenos Aires and Rosario in Argentina and extending across the river to the port at Montevideo, Uruguay. Almost all Porteños drink yerba mate. Yerba mate is as much a source of identity and pride to the Porteños as their unique Castellano Rioplatense dialect of the Spanish language.
Jim Worsham - is the author, editor, publisher, and owner of this blog. He resides in Long Beach, CA.