Recent content by ben

Appreciate the kind words! Not doing travel for the time being, though - really should update my signature. That said, if there’s a straightforward question I can help resolve, I am more than happy to - just that I don’t check back here all that often these days. Hope everyone here is doing well!

I was honestly hoping this part would have links embedded.

1. Technically it’s not a “red eye”, just a regular overnight flight - because unlike a LA-NY flight, you’re not covering 9 hours in a 6-hour flight. 2. Last time I paid the overstay fee anywhere, it was 300 pesos, and it was actually easier to pay it at the Buquebus terminal than at an airport.

If you want an actual cell phone that simply works, use Simple Mobile. They’re an MVNO that run in the US on T-Mobile’s network, but roam seamlessly about just about all of Latin America.

As opposed to suggesting that Javier is like *checks notes* HITLER, because *cups hand to earpiece* a magazine listed them both on its cover. True clarity. Be ashamed Rich, for muddling the water.

I used this for a nice couple of years, worked very well. Tiny and cheap: https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/wa-850#D[A:wa-850] Once I needed a multi-floor setup, I bought 3 eeros and never looked back. Pricier but worth it.

As a child of emigrés from the Communist bloc, it is difficult to distill into words the extent of the eye-rolling posts like this induce. Sure, theatre, classical music, opera, ballet were indeed all subsidized. There was merely the issue of procuring food. Black markets were not just for...

Because people with a real life with no interest in discussing politics with English speakers who happen to be in the same country... won’t?

Also, the process cost 600 pesos. Good times.

Yes and yes, question of funniness notwithstanding. This list is absolutely moronic, it reads like something coming from the Forbes contributor network. From the first paragraphs: OK, let’s go with that analogy. How many people would go with adding up a person’s BMI, pulse rate multiplied by...

This sounds positively insane. I got my PR in the early 2010’s, my home country doesn’t do apostille so had to jump thru extra hoops with getting my documents authenticated/legalized at the local Arg consulate. Once I had the docs in hand, I made a turno online for a few weeks later. Came in...

As several commenters have written here, the process absolutely CAN be done from within the US, and this is done all the time - but then it is even more important to do it through a competent lawyer.

Full disclaimer, I have a close relative who is an immigration attorney in NY so that might cloud my thinking. That being said, I do think anything related to US immigration should be handled by a qualified attorney. It is WAY too easy to make some small mistake and mess things up hugely, and...

I remember having largely identical arguments about Macri, back in 2015. That blaming the whole economy on him in the first month was absurd., as was blaming on him the inevitable unpleasantness that would stem from necessary fixes. That said, clearly he did not succeed in righting things at...

VERY well known. Not a secret in the slightest. Like, anyone in Ukraine, Russia, or anywhere else, knew. This. Also public record and not a secret in the slightest. Thanks.