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https://www.monumentvisa.com/ Call them. They will walk you through the process and get it done much faster than you can on your own.

The most impressive security feature of all : By the time the bill actually makes it into general circulation, it'll be worth a few cents and you'll find them on the ground because people can't be bothered to pick them up, much less counterfeit them.

Go make money, I lived in China for years, made a bunch of money, and had a blast. They don't want foreigners settling down there, you spend more time with your residency status in doubt than not (unlike Argentina, the police show up at your door to investigate reports from the neighbors that...

In East Asia, you will always be a foreigner. It's fun for a while but you're never really going to fit in, which long term isn't good for your sanity.

Brazilians are not interested in taking your pesos, change them in Argentina. Or just use the ATM if you have a foreign card, Bradesco doesn't charge a fee (when they ask you about accepting their exchange rate, select "decline" if you don't want to donate 10% to the bank.)

Oh, I didn't realize they were earning that much. That sounds livable.

Does minimum wage cover the cost of living? Mind you, I'm not saying the politicians deserve the raise, merely that it's impossible to have honest politicians if their salary doesn't cover their living expenses. Bukele managed to massively downsize the legislature in El Salvador. Fewer total...

It will be impossible to eliminate corruption if politicians' salaries are below the cost of living. How else are they supposed to eat?

There's a new wildly unpopular hate speech law in the UK. It was a joke.

Does the new hate speech law apply there? Argentina could just accuse everyone on the islands of being racist against Argentinians and have them all arrested.

there's money for F16s...

"Most important purchase for Argentina in 40 years" My goodness. Are they going to bomb the country back to prosperity? Edit : Guess the article in English skipped that part. https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/javier-milei-en-vivo-las-ultimas-medidas-del-gobierno-nid16042024/

He should be thankful they weren't married, she'd be keeping the Casa Rosada.

What does Argentina need F-16s for? If the country needs to save money, I support that, but then going out and spending it on fighter jets? It's like when your tenant tells you he doesn't have the rent because he spent it at the bar.

Be careful with buildings that were under construction during the pandemic. A lot of really shoddy work got done with shoddy materials, and a lot of things got left half-done for months then covered up after being exposed to the weather.