Recent content by bsas

This is just pathetic. I wish her all the best. You need to grow a pair. Truly pathetic. Cower in place until your safety is absolutely guaranteed!

I respectfully disagree with most of your points, except that evading taxes is a big problem in Argentina. The 'State' does not purchase any imports for the private sector. Business owners who purchase products abroad (imports) must sell their pesos and buy dollars to purchase those items...

I think he was referring to a drop in taxes that companies have to pay for their employees - known as 'cargas sociales', not a drop in income tax. In the US this cost is about 7% - not sure what the percentage is in Spain. This would not translate into a bigger check for employees, but would...

Id imagine that for some of us the culture is a real good fit, we have almost exclusively local friends, and speak the language well. I think that even for us, the sameness of it all eventually gets to some. Every wedding, asado, or even where you take your summer vacation are the same, year...

Zingara, don't know if you've heard of the "Diario de un Argentino en Toronto", but I'm sure it will sound familiar for you... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Jok4XwMyc

Whoa, if you're still asking these types of questions you better do a lot more research before buying a bike in Argentina and being held up at the border by some bureaucratic nightmare which you're almost certain to suffer. Try the HUBB forum or ADV Rider Forum. Both have plenty of information...

Well that is fine. I appreciate you expressing your views, but I simply disagree. I am sitting here watching Al Jazeera, which has reported many deaths in the past few days in suburbs of Tripoli. Telesur reported that there was absolute calm in the city. Someone is telling the truth, and someone...

I didn't say that anybody on the board supported Qaddafi, I said that Chavez continues to support Qaddafi, thus showing the true face of his Bolivarian revolution. As far as Telesur, I'm not sure what type of 'proof' your looking for. I'm using what they have written, and I suppose you'll...

I'm just curious how opinions on this board range of the recent support shown by Chavez to his friend Qaddafi. His television station telesur, had, at one point, the only foreign journalist to be allowed into Tripoli, and published pieces that downplayed the tense situation. When Chavez...

I second Caballito. Barracas is a good choice also, but quite far from the usual night spots in Palermo. If that's your thing, you'd need a car or plenty of cash for cabs. The area around Montes de Oca and Martin Garcia is the safest.

Bird is pajaro, not pajero.... I normally don't correct someone's spanish but this is an important one to not get wrong. :)

well since my attempted response was eaten by the site sponsored censor. I'll just say quickly that who gives a s##t what the USA does. This wasn't an obama love fest post. You wanted fact-based criticisms of the current regime. In Argentina there is no respect for law, and no transparency...

Actually I'd argue that the US government simply needs every cent it can get to fund its current social security obligations, and the system will be broke long before you and I are old enough to receive any payments. However, your post wasn't a love fest for the Obama administration. Rather...

Because it was the president of Argentinas decision to sell YOUR assets. YOU decided to invest money in a 401 k. There's a huge difference that is a key to why Argentina is in the position it's in.

This is just completely wrong. The government forced private funds to sell their assets in Brasil and repatriate the money. This occurred in Nov 2008, at the bottom of the market. The Real was worth about half of what it's worth today, while the peso has since fallen in value about 20...