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As far as I am aware, legally you have to pay the amount stipulated in the previous contract...Apparently, if a contract is not renewed, you carry on adhering to the terms and conditions in the previous contract until it is renewed. The landlord can, however, request a new contract (which...

What was in the mail? A month isn't a horrendous amount of time (I'd say you have about another 2 weeks of hope that it might show up). Maybe speak to the portero to see if he signed for anything. If not, if you've got a tracking number, you should be able to find out where it is, why its been...

Do you have a visa to enter the states as a tourist? Do you think you could get one (ie, do you have a stable job, home, income in Argentina?). If not, your best bet will be to get married in Argentina and then begin the process to apply to live in the US. This will take about a year though...

I found some St Ives exfoliator in a Farmacity on Lacroze the other day...but had to look in several branches to find it. A lot of these products are imported (most of them from Brazil) and it takes a while for them to get through customs...which is why you have to snap them up when you see...

I agree with inferno on the sites and also the posters that suggested networking. I definitely wouldn't be disheartened after 6 applications though, especially if the field you work in is competitive. I had a job interview a few years ago (for a low-mid level position at an NGO with a pretty...

Agree with everything said here. Any costs you incur in extra baggage, you will make up for several-fold during your stay. Bring all the clothes/shoes that your children/you will need throughout your stay. Also bring the electronics you think you will need and any toys/presents. It is now...

[/size] Actually, economic mismanagement does play a part in violations of human rights. It impacts the rights to education and health care (which, although they are available here generally, are getting worse...and in some parts of the north of Argentina, access to free health care, especially...

I agree. Architects here usually oversee all of the work, certainly if the work is going to have an impact on the original plans of the apartment.

We are paying that for a one bedroom in Chacarita! (though its a PH so we don't have expenses). I would imagine that you'd be looking at 4,500+ expenses for a 2-bedroom place in Palermo WITH garantia. You can sometimes get places without a garantia on soloduenos.com but you usually end up paying...

If its a debit card, some of them are blocked for international purchases. If its a credit card, you should be able to pay for it directly (I'm not sure about paypal) but you might have to phone your bank first for authorisation. I buy cards via moonpig in the UK with an Arg credit card and...

I've noticed much the same thing. I sometimes work in Palermo viejo (not too far from Plaza Serrano) and a lot of the shops on one of the streets I walk down (Miss Sixty, a bohemian-type clothes shop next to it and a couple of others) never seem to have anyone in them anymore. Also, the three...

Also selling a 700ml bottle of Patron silver (completely sealed, unopened bottle). Reasonable offers will be accepted!

Items left from the garage sale (+ some new items) https://picasaweb.google.com/wormiNtrude/MovingSale?authkey=Gv1sRgCNyDt-TSrLPCRQ# Everything has been reduced (some significantly). I'm happy to reserve but items must be picked up by Saturday before 2pm

Just bumping this up! The garage sale is tomorrow from 10-17hrs in Colegiales/Chacarita (just a few minutes from Palermo soho and Belgrano). We'll be selling everything from books, clothes, furniture, a few tools, photo frames, nic-nacs, cooking bits, computery stuff. If anyone's interested, PM...

I worked as a freelance journalist here several years ago, two years after graduating and with just two years solid experience working for a news agency. It was tough then and it is certainly tougher now. Six or seven years ago, a lot of young freelance writers came over here because the low...